"His name is Zhang Bi. He is our spy for Tingfeng's development in Jizhou. He has always been responsible for contacting Zhao Yan." Xue Keer introduced the man in front of her expressionlessly.

He is in his thirties, short in stature, unattractive in appearance, and with a hint of cunning in his humble eyes.

"Greetings to my lord." Zhang Bi knelt down on one knee and said, curiously looking at the young lord in front of him who had never met him before.

Tingfeng is well organized, with a Tingfeng branch set up in every northern state. These branches are only responsible to Xue Ker above, and the parallel units do not know each other.

Xu Kang knew very well that in front of these spies, any unnecessary expression would reveal more of his secrets, so like Xue Ker, he said with a sullen face: "Get up, you are doing a good job here. Now follow

Let me tell you about Zhang Yan."

"Yes." Zhang Bi stood up and said. "Zhang Yan's original name was Chu Feiyan, a native of Changshan Zhending. In the first year of Zhongping, the great virtuous masters gathered for an uprising. He also gathered a group of knights and knights who were active in the mountains and lakes. Later, their strength gradually grew.

, and captured Zhending County. When the imperial court counterattacked, he was unable to resist, so he took refuge with Zhang Niujiao, who was powerful at the time. After Zhang Niujiao died in the battle, he was designated as his successor, so he changed his name to Zhang and obtained Zhang Niujiao's subordinates.

In the past two years, Zhang Yan's power has developed rapidly and has spread all over Changshan, Zhaojun, Zhongshan, Shangdang, and Hanoi counties, controlling a population of one million. The imperial court sent troops several times to collect troops, but they all lost troops and generals."

Xu Kang nodded, indicating that he understood. This Zhang Yan is really powerful. In just a few years, he has grown into a powerful and powerful commander. Even the court can't do anything to him. In comparison, the meager achievements he has achieved are really

It's not worth mentioning.

"How is your relationship with him now?" Xu Kang asked.

Zhang Bidao: "The relationship is not bad. They have developed too fast in the past two years, and the materials they need can no longer be met by robbery. We provide them with material help free of charge, but it is too late for them to be happy."

Xu Kang also understood that Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army had reached a bottleneck stage in its development. This is a common problem among all peasant uprisings. Once it develops to a certain scale, due to the lack of a large number of low-level managers, it is unable to form a strict system organization, and in the end only

It can turn into a piece of loose sand. And the greater the power, the more serious this split will be. Now that Zhang Yan has expanded to a population of one million, he may not even know how many mountains he has under his command.

In this case, it will be beneficial to your next plan.

"Go and make arrangements and say I want to see Zhang Yan."

Zhang Bi was stunned and said: "My lord, we haven't been in contact with Zhang Yancai for a long time. I'm afraid he won't come out of the mountain to see my lord."

Xu Kang smiled lightly and said: "It doesn't matter, just tell him that I want to visit him."

Zhang Bi was even more surprised and said: "But this is too dangerous. Please think again, my lord."

Xu Kang patted him on the shoulder to encourage him and said, "Don't worry, in Zhang Yan's eyes I'm just a useful little person. He won't kill me."

Zhang Bi was still very efficient in his work. Zhang Yan's reply arrived the next day, and he had agreed to meet at the nearby Qique Valley.

However, the meeting between the two naturally cannot be so simple. Xu Kang needs a reason to explain to the outside world why he contacted Zhang Yan of Montenegro.

So soon, Xu Kang's caravan was targeted by bandits along the way. When thousands of bandits on horseback surrounded the caravan, Xu Kang made a decision that surprised everyone.

He surrendered.

Qique Valley is named after the large number of tits that live in the valley, but now that it has been occupied by Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army, the tits have to find another place to live.

Today, Qique Valley is full of makeshift tents and busy bandits.

Xu Kang's caravan members were gathered in one place, surrounded by a hardwood wall.

The people in the caravan were all worried. Although they didn't say it explicitly, they looked at Xu Kang with a somewhat unkind look.

After all, as the leader of the team, it’s okay for him to lead everyone on such a road of no return. When encountering the enemy, it is obvious that his side’s disadvantage is not obvious. As long as he rushes, he may not have a chance to fight out. But for his sake

He saved his property and asked everyone not to resist. Now everyone is fighting for the sword and I am fighting for the flesh. I am afraid that everyone here will die.

Just then, several tough robbers came over, opened the cell door, and shouted: "Who is in charge here?"

Everyone looked at Xu Kang, only to see him standing up and saying, "It's me."

"You?" The little leader looked at Xu Kang's young age and obviously didn't believe it, and said, "You can make the decision?"

Xu Kang smiled lightly and said, "Of course. If you don't believe me, you can ask everyone here."

Seeing that Xu Kang could still laugh at this time, the little leader raised his thumb and praised: "What a courage. Let's go, our commander wants to see you."

There was no room for Xu Kang to refuse here, but when he stepped out of the prison door, he didn't forget to turn around and say: "You just stay here, I'll go meet the commander. Remember, before I come back

, no one should act rashly." When he said the last four words, his eyes were fixed on Gongsun Kang. Gongsun Kang looked down, then smiled lightly, turned around and left.

Several big men gathered around Gongsun Kang. They were all generals of the Gongsun family, and they only listened to Gongsun Kang's orders here.

One of them whispered: "Master, we have found out clearly. The supervision around here is very loose. With just a few of us, we can protect the master and escape."

Gongsun Kang's face was changing. He didn't have any good impressions of Xu Kang, especially after he put everyone in such danger. But what he said before leaving was obviously aimed at himself, which made Gongsun Kang feel a little uneasy again.

After a while, Fang said: "Wait a little longer and see what other methods he has."

Xu Kang looked around as he walked. He found that there was no woman here. It seemed that Zhang Yan came in a hurry and only brought the fighting soldiers.

When a soldier saw Xu Kang's eyes wandering around, he pushed him with some dissatisfaction and said, "Quickly, don't look around. Do you think you can escape?"

Xu Kang smiled and said: "Run away? I am an old acquaintance of your handsome man, why should I run away? Just wait, he will entertain me with good wine and food in a while, and then send me off personally."

At this moment, several people saw a group of people gathered in front of them.

After the crowd dispersed, a huge wooden frame was revealed. The wooden frame was fixed to the ground and was filled with large knives placed upside down.

Xu Kang had seen something similar on TV before. A minority group went to climb Daoshan to celebrate when the men of the tribe came of age.

What appeared in front of Xu Kang's eyes was such a mountain of knives. However, the mountain of knives on TV was only as tall as a person, no more than two meters, while this mountain of knives was at least two feet tall.

One person stood out from the crowd, looked Xu Kang up and down, and said, "You are the one who wants to see our commander?"

"Yes." Xu Kang had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Sure enough, the man said proudly: "If you want to see our commander, you must pass the four levels according to our rules. This is the first level, the sword mountain, physical training. Please come." The man waved his hand and retreated.

On one side, he made way for Xu Kang.

"Aren't you familiar with our commander-in-chief?" At this time, the soldier just now did not forget to tease him.
Chapter completed!