novelhk Chapter 524
Chapter 524
Black Mountain Army Stronghold.
Because Liu Yu's suppression of the Yellow Turbans was very severe before.
The scale of the stronghold is less than 100,000 people.
But in the vicinity, it is also the largest stronghold.
The leader Zhang Niujiao received a handwritten letter from Yuan Shao.
Zhang Niujiao, sitting steadily in the big tent, held the letter in his hand for a long time.
The envoys from Jizhou didn't dare to expose the other party, and the letter was held upside down.
Zhang Niujiao continued to pretend, calling the extremely scarce scholar in the stronghold and asked the other party to read it to him secretly.
"Don't say those official words."
Zhang Niujiao, who had just heard two sentences, couldn't help but shouted loudly.
"Read vernacular to me!"
The scholar was depressed.
Just now, the leader personally instructed that he must read it according to the words in the letter.
There was no way, the scholar could only convert the words in the letter into vernacular and read it to the leader again in a low voice.
Zhang Niujiao nodded repeatedly.
His clenched fist trembled slightly, revealing his excitement.
The Jizhou envoy looked at Zhang Niujiao and felt relieved.
But it was understandable that he was just a bandit, but now he received a secret letter from the "court" and could be recruited and given an official position.
What kind of treatment is this?
It was something that he never thought about before.
It was good enough that the court did not send troops to wipe out these damn bandits before.
Now they are giving money and food.
There is also an official position.
How could the owner of the mountain stronghold in front of him not be tempted.
After all, going to Jizhou to be an official is many times better than staying in this mountain valley.
"What do you think, sir?" the Jizhou envoy asked.
"Dang..." Zhang Niujiao just opened his mouth and quickly suppressed it.
He knew that he must not express his true intentions first in the negotiation.
After a lot of tugs and pulls, the conditions were negotiated, and Zhang Niujiao agreed to take all the people in the stronghold to Yecheng, not far away, to seek refuge.
But there is a prerequisite, that is, to send some military pay first.
To appease the hearts of his brothers.
The Jizhou envoy knew this would happen, and he did not hesitate to answer immediately.
This was what he had been told by the civil servants before he went on the mission.
With the answer of course, Zhang Niujiao smiled and spoke.
"Hold a big banquet to entertain the guests!"
He waved his hand and roared heroically.
In the whole mountain stronghold, everyone was excited to hear the news that they were about to surrender to the court.
Especially the big and small leaders in the mountain stronghold.
From now on, they will all become officers of Jizhou.
That is a matter of honor for their ancestors.
In the past, even if they had been together for eight hundred generations, they would still be a soldier.
They would never get the position of an officer.
Those good positions were occupied by the children of the aristocratic families, and it was not their turn for ordinary people.
Many people in the mountain stronghold celebrated.
But some people were not happy.
Zhu Yan.
As the most skilled warrior in the mountain stronghold, he secretly found the leader and expressed his concerns.
"Leader, the government has never had good intentions. I'm afraid it's not good for us to go there."
"It's better to live a stable life in this mountain."
"We grow our own food, even if it's a little hard, but it's stable."
"But the world outside, as you've heard before, has become extremely chaotic."
"The princes are fighting for their own interests. I'm afraid that the dog thief of the Yuan family is using us as a vanguard to consume the thoughts of other princes."
"I think we must not go to Jizhou!"
Zhang Niujiao, who was sitting in the big tent, paused with a happy face.
"Brother, what you said is not right."
He shook his head and said, "The world is in chaos now, and we must follow the right path."
"Otherwise, when Yuan Shao unifies the north, even if we hide in this mountain stronghold, can we resist the enemy's hundreds of thousands of troops?"
"If we don't surrender now, we can only get some good food and drink from him."
"When the enemy comes to our door, we will all be in trouble."
Zhang Niujiao's words made Zhu Yan bow his head and think.
"Don't worry, brother." Zhang Niujiao stood up, walked down from the main seat in the big tent, came to Zhu Yan and patted his shoulder.
He said earnestly: "When we get to Jizhou, we will seize the opportunity."
"Eat what you can eat, take what you can take."
"If the Yuan family kid sends us to die, we will immediately form a team and find a hilltop after leaving the city."
"When we come out with money and food, won't we live better?"
"Moreover, send a message to other princes, as long as they give money and food, they will surrender."
"I want to see which prince doesn't want me, since we have so many brothers."
"These days, those who have money and food are the kings!"
Zhu Yan said no more.
He shook his head secretly.
He thought that since the other party had recruited us, how could they not have a backup plan?Do you still want to control your original subordinates?
Don't even think about it.
It's good enough to save your life.
Giving an empty position to barely have enough food and drink is the best outcome.
If there is any unusual movement, I'm afraid he will be the first to be killed.
There is no room for action at all.
Zhu Yan said goodbye to the leader and left the central army tent. He took a deep look and then turned and left.
He had his own ideas.
Walking in the mountain stronghold, he began to contact people secretly.
Many of those who had a good relationship with him didn't want to go to Jizhou.
The whole mountain stronghold was polarized.
Some of the original people in the mountain stronghold were the remnants of the Yellow Turbans.
The other half were the people in the surrounding counties who couldn't survive and had no choice but to become bandits.
At least there is land to farm here.
Although it also requires hard work, the mountain stronghold can give you food to eat and you won't starve to death.
I don't want to work with those landlords. Not only will I not have food to eat after a year of hard work, but I will also owe them money.
That is simply not a life for human beings.
They finally got rid of that kind of life, and now the leader gave an order and they had to go back.
How could this be done?
There was an undercurrent in the camp.
The next day, at noon, the leader Zhang Niujiao recovered from his drunkenness.
Yesterday, the Jizhou envoy was entertained very well. The two had a good chat and drank a lot of wine.
"Leader, it's not good!"
Someone hurried into the tent.
"What's the matter?" Zhang Niujiao, who was dressed by two women, frowned and asked.
"Zhu Yan took a lot of people and ran away when it was dawn!"
Pah.
The silver ring in Zhang Niujiao's hand fell to the ground.
"Fuck, say it again?"
Waving away the two women, he strode over and grabbed the man's collar.
His face was full of anger, his eyes wide open.
The leader who came to report the news was frightened and trembled.
Zhang Niujiao asked carefully, and his eyes were dull when he learned the result.
"Damn Zhu Yan!!"
Stuck in place for a long time, he finally came to his senses and roared to the sky.
"You dared to take away half of the people in the mountain stronghold!"
"When this leader becomes the general of Jizhou, I will definitely cut you into pieces!"
The angry roar came from the big tent, and the other commanders outside the tent looked at each other, and no one dared to enter.
...
"A-choo!"
Zhu Yan, who led a team of tens of thousands of people to the north, sneezed.
He rubbed his nose, "It must be that villain who scolded me!"
"Humph!"
"Join the Yuan family in Jizhou? Or go to Tanghai?"