Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

Zhang Yan's original name was Chu Yan. At the age of seventeen, he began to gather a group of young men from his hometown to become bandits. From then on, he embarked on the path of a thief. He has been struggling for seven years. The biggest setback he encountered was the failure to attack Yingtao. The leader Zhang Niujiao, whom he always regarded as his elder brother, was shot by a stray arrow and died.

He was only eighteen years old that year. Zhang Niu Jiao entrusted tens of thousands of bandits to him. At that time, he could not even feel sad, because the life and death of these tens of thousands of brothers and their families were on his shoulders.

In order to commemorate Zhang Niujiao, he abandoned his original surname Chu and changed it to Zhang.

He had never led a team of so many people before, so bumps and bruises were inevitable. During this period, he suffered losses at the hands of his officers and soldiers several times, and was also betrayed by his subordinates.

Over the years, his brothers died and were replaced, and were replaced and died again, but in the end he succeeded. He led his subordinates to occupy the mountains and became the king. All the bandits in Zhongshan, Changshan, Zhaoguo, Weijun and other places recognized him as the boss. Even His Majesty was afraid of his Black Mountain forces and appointed him as the General of the Central Army to Suppress the Rebellion.

Zhang Yan was both an official and a bandit. Everyone in Bing and Ji states was afraid of his name. However, today, he suffered the biggest defeat since he became a bandit. Not only did his troops suffer heavy casualties, but even his own home was attacked by government soldiers. What should he do now?

Just like when Zhang Niujiao died in battle that year, he once again looked confused.

"Let's retreat quickly and attack Shang Ai before Zhang Liao's troops arrive!" Wang Dang said.

"What should we do with these wounded soldiers?"

Of course Zhang Yan knew that he should return to the army immediately, but these wounded soldiers were a burden and he couldn't bear to leave them behind. There were nearly 30,000 of them!

Wang Dang had no idea, but he knew that if he continued like this, the wounded would not get better. He could only watch them die little by little, and eventually even the survivors would collapse.

"Why not negotiate peace with the government?"

Wang Dang said it was a nice way to negotiate peace, but in this situation, bowing to the government was actually surrendering. If he had lost to Lu Bu, Zhang Yan would have accepted it. Now that he was defeated by a woman, where would Zhang Yan's face be if the news got out? How could he lead the millions of bandits in Black Mountain in the future?

"Leave 10,000 men behind as a rearguard, and the entire army will return to Taihang. Headquarters will dispatch another 5,000 troops to surround Shangai first, and then gather the other bandit groups nearby to Shangai."

"This won't work. We can't move fast with the wounded. The Bingzhou cavalry will penetrate the rearguard and soon catch up. They will keep harassing us from behind. Even if we return to Taihang, there won't be many people left. Many bandits may be out doing things at this time, so I'm afraid we won't be able to gather many people. I don't know how many officers and soldiers Shangai has. This..."

"I'll take care of this matter myself!"

Zhang Yan interrupted him, "Do as I say."

If there is really no other way, he would rather compromise with Yuan Shao than bow to a woman.

Seeing that he had made up his mind, Wang Dang opened his mouth and swallowed the rest of his words. Zhang Feiyan was a man of loyalty. Even though he knew that most of these wounded soldiers could not be saved, he still could not leave them to fend for themselves.

It is precisely because he values ​​loyalty that millions of Black Mountain bandits are willing to obey his orders.

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Two days later, Zhang Yan led his group of defeated soldiers and slowly retreated to Taihang. At this time, Zhang Liao's two thousand wolf cavalry also arrived. Zhang Mo ordered Zhang Liao and Hua Xiong to lead the troops to harass and kill them from behind. The ten thousand people Zhang Yan left behind were no match at all. More than half of them were killed or wounded, and they only blocked the Bingzhou army's journey for half a day.

However, when the Bingzhou cavalry chased forward again, they found that roadblocks had been set up at every important intersection, with deep pits, rocks, and trees piled up in a disorderly manner along the way.

The locations where Zhang Yan set up roadblocks were chosen very cleverly. Basically, there was no way around them. The roads were either blocked by people or blocked by rivers. Some were at mountain passes. The cavalry returned along the original route and took a longer detour, only to find that there were still many roadblocks.

Although Zhang Yan's soldiers could not defeat Bingzhou's elite cavalry, he had more people. If each person moved a stone and piled it on the road, it would amount to tens of thousands of stones. Although the marching speed became slower, it could effectively block the Bingzhou army behind, so there was no need to worry about being harassed and hunted by him all the time.

Zhang Liao sent someone back to report the matter to Zhang Mo, while at the same time ordering the soldiers to clear the roadblocks.

In this way, the enemy and us, one setting up in the front and the other clearing in the back, moved slowly for several days, and finally both sides arrived outside Shangai County.

The troops from other bandit groups summoned by Zhang Yan also arrived one after another. However, as Wang Dang had expected, everyone was busy collecting money at that time, and there were very few people who came. A total of more than ten groups sent only more than 6,000 people, who together with the 5,000 troops from Zhang Yan's old nest, blocked the south gate of Shangai County.

Zhang Yan now has only more than 30,000 combat soldiers, while Zhang Liao and Hua Xiong have a total of 3,000 elite cavalry. Although their number is ten times less, their combat effectiveness is far beyond that of Zhang Yan's remnants.

However, the officers and soldiers did not immediately launch an attack on Zhang Yan's remnants, but set up camp five miles away. This made Zhang Yan, who was exhausted both physically and mentally, breathe a sigh of relief. He led his troops to join forces with the bandits outside Shangai, set up camp outside the city, and reorganized the troops. The two armies entered a confrontation phase.

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At the Bingzhou Army camp, Zhang Liao looked at Zhang Mo standing in front of the camp and asked in confusion, "Why don't you pursue them while they're victorious? The enemy forces are in disarray right now, and Zhang Yan's own troops are exhausted. If we just charge, we can defeat them in one battle."

Hua Xiong was also confused. "Yes, if we fight one more battle, we will be able to completely understand Zhang Yan, the Black Mountain leader. If we kill these remaining soldiers, we can march straight into Zhang Yan's lair."

"Why should we destroy his lair? If Zhang Yan dies, Li Yan and Chen Yan will appear. What I want is not his life, but his surrender." Zhang Mo said lightly.

Although she had never met Zhang Yan, she had heard a lot about him from Li Gui. He was a man who valued friendship and loyalty, and was clear about gratitude and resentment. He always kept his word and was a rare good man. It would be more beneficial to Bingzhou to use him than to kill him.

"He should be completely defeated before he surrenders. Wouldn't this stalemate give him a chance to catch his breath? Wouldn't it be more difficult to fight him once he has regrouped his troops?" Hua Xiong asked doubtfully.

Zhang Mo watched from afar as bodies were being carried out of the camp across from him. He said calmly, "His troops will only become more disorganized the longer they rest. If we wait a few more days, not only his own troops, but also the new recruits will become demoralized and lose all fighting spirit."

"Besides, my purpose in forcing him into this desperate situation was to implement the "One County, Two Systems" policy, not to eliminate the bandits. If I can't provide them with a livelihood, these bandits will never be eliminated."

Hua Xiong didn't know what this so-called "one county, two systems" meant. He disagreed, "How can we never wipe them out? Today we've wiped out Zhang Yan, the largest group in Black Mountain. Without their leader, the bandits will surely split up and become independent. We can then slowly take down the other smaller groups, one by one. I don't believe we'll never be able to wipe them out."

"Why would these people become thieves?" Zhang Mo looked at him and asked.

Hua Xiong replied, "Of course it's to survive."

"Then why couldn't they survive before?"

"Because there is no food." Hua Xiong answered with certainty.

"That's it!" Zhang Mo sighed softly and turned back to the camp.

"What does this have to do with suppressing bandits?" Hua Xiong asked from behind.

Zhang Liao patted him on the shoulder and explained, "If you can't let the people of the world have enough food, you can wipe out one group today, and another group will rise up tomorrow. If there's a famine, Taihang will be filled with refugees in an instant. Can you wipe them all out?"

Zhang Liao watched her walk away. "Killing can only alleviate the problem temporarily, but she wants to fundamentally solve the problem of bandits. If the lord can unify the world in the future, perhaps she can make the world free of bandits."