Liu Yao suddenly heard Zhang Yan ask about this and was stunned. Several days had passed. At this time, Zhang Yan asked in person, but he didn't know how to answer.

During the past few days, Liu Yao also thought carefully. For this reason, he called Xue Li to discuss countermeasures together.

As a result, Xue Li suggested that Liu Yao agree to Zhang Yan's proposal, believing that Taishi Ci was Zhang Yan's confidant and that Taishi Ci was brave and good at fighting, and was quite arrogant. After marrying his daughter to Taishi Ci, he would undoubtedly have indirectly married Zhang Yan. It would be of great benefit to future development.

Liu Yao thought about it over and over again, but never made up his mind and was hesitating.

"I will naturally not refuse what Zhang Envoy mentioned. However, now it is a matter of trouble, and Sun Ce is still eyeing him. It is not appropriate to get married at this time. Why not wait until Sun Ce is driven away and choose Huang Daoji, and let his daughter make a marriage contract with Taishi Ci. How about it?" Liu Yao said something unreasonable without answering, so he said perfunctorily.

Zhang Yan knew that this was Liu Yao's expedient approach, so he did not force him to avoid backfire. He nodded and then said, "Then according to Liu Envoy's words, we will mention this matter again after driving Sun Ce away."

"Zhang Jun, this time the training of the army is really troubled. But can this training method really strengthen the physical fitness of the soldiers?" Liu Yao deliberately avoided the topic to avoid a little embarrassment.

Zhang Yan smiled and said, "Don't worry, as long as they do what I said every day, they will definitely be strengthened within half a month."

"Is Zhang Jun saying that the training will last for half a month?" Liu Yao asked.

Zhang Yan asked back: "Well, if there is not half a month, then this training camp will be in vain. Why, is it that Liu Enjun has other plans?"

Liu Yao said: "Although Sun Ce retreated his troops, he occupied Shicheng, Danyang and other places, and has been recruiting troops recently. I am worried that if we wait for another half month, Sun Ce's army will have a lot more. It is better to take the initiative to attack while our two armies still have advantages. With the courage of Zhang Envoy, we will definitely be able to drive Sun Ce away."

Zhang Yan said: "Don't worry, Envoy Liu, I have already made arrangements. Just to drive Sun Ce away, he will come again in the future. It's better to wait for a while, after the army has achieved some success in training, gather superior forces and encircle Sun Ce in one fell swoop and annihilate Sun Ce in one fell swoop, completely eliminate Sun Ce to avoid leaving any disaster."

After hearing what Zhang Yan said, Liu Yao knew that Zhang Yan had no intention of sending troops, so he no longer asked the surname Suo and let it go. He just wanted to drive Sun Ce away, but Zhang Yan's goal was to kill Sun Ce, which was far more profound than he thought.

Afterwards, Liu Yao left on the pretext, while Zhang Yan continued to wait at the city gate, and asked someone to prepare the reward and give the reward to the one hundred people who ran back first.

According to estimates, even the best-fitting soldier will take half an hour to run back and forth first. However, the soldiers under Liu Yao's tent were far beyond his expectations.

Just as the fourth incense stick was burned, Zhang Yan saw Zhang Ying, Chen Heng and others running back quickly.

Zhang Yan didn't expect that Zhang Ying and Chen Heng would run so quickly, running like the wind, running towards the city gate.

Soon, Zhang Ying, Chen Heng and others ran to the city gate panting. Zhang Yan immediately stood up from the seat and said with excitement: "I really didn't expect that you would actually run so fast..."

Zhang Yan asked someone to count the soldiers who ran back with Zhang Ying and Chen Heng, there were not many, but there were exactly one hundred people. Isn’t this a coincidence?

However, since Zhang Yan promised them, he must fulfill this promise, so he said to Zhang Ying, Chen Heng and others: "You are the first one hundred people to arrive, go and receive the reward!"

In order to stimulate the soldiers' active surnames, the bounty for this competition was 10,000 yuan per person, which was a reward approved by Liu Yao.

Zhang Ying, Chen Heng and others laughed happily, clasped their fists at Zhang Yan and said, "Thank you, Zhang Jun!"

After receiving the rewards of one hundred people, Zhang Yan walked to Zhang Ying with a happy expression, stretched out and patted Zhang Ying on his back, just about to praise them.

However, after he took a photo, he found a clue. He immediately took off the bag on Zhang Ying's back and opened it and saw that there were some straw inside!

In this competition, Zhang Yan asked the soldiers to carry heavy objects weighing 20 kilograms each, but did not check them one by one. Unexpectedly, Zhang Ying and Chen Heng, as the commander of the army, openly made fraud!

Carrying these straws, there is no burden at all. No wonder they ran back so quickly!

The joy on Zhang Yan's face suddenly disappeared, and what was replaced by anger. He threw the bags to the ground and took off all the bags of others one after another. As a result, all the hundreds of people were carrying straws.

"Come on! Take down Zhang Ying and Chen Heng and behead them on the spot!" Zhang Yan said sternly.

After hearing this, Zhang Ying, Chen Heng and others looked at each other in surprise, and when the others heard Zhang Yan's order, they were surprised. They were yamen runners in the city, how dare they behead Zhang Ying and Chen Heng?

Seeing that everyone was indifferent, Zhang Yan said angrily: "Why are you still standing there? If you don't do anything, you will be the same as Zhang Ying and Chen Heng!"

The yamen runners did not dare to disobey. They were about to take down Zhang Ying, Chen Heng and others, but they saw Zhang Ying shouting loudly: "I think who dares to touch me?"

The yamen runners were afraid of Zhang Ying and did not dare to approach him. Zhang Ying hurriedly said to Zhang Yan again: "Envoy Zhang, what crime did I commit? Do you want to kill me?"

"You are cheating like this, which is the crime of deceiving the army! According to military rules, you should be beheaded and displayed in public!" Zhang Yan said.

"What kind of bullshit military rules? Rules are determined by people. We can implement them or not!" Zhang Ying said with a tough attitude.

Seeing this, Chen Heng hurriedly stood up and fisted at Zhang Yan respectfully and said, "Eunuch Zhang, this time it's wrong. We shouldn't be cheating, but please forgive us for our first offense and our lieutenant general. Next time, we will never dare to do this again!"

Zhang Yan said: "It is precisely because you are all lieutenant generals that you must be severely punished! If ordinary soldiers steal the enemy and cheat, it would be fine to beat him a few tricks. But as the commander of the army, you actually did such evil deeds. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam is crooked. If you are not severely punished, the entire army will definitely produce unhealthy trends!"

Zhang Ying retorted: "You are not our lord, why should we obey you? Even if we want to kill, we need our lord to speak!"

Zhang Yan was unwilling to give them too much trouble and asked coldly: "I'll ask you again, are you surrendering and accepting the treatment, or are you waiting for me to take action?"

Zhang Ying said firmly: "We are not your soldiers, nor are you generals. Why should we listen to you? Even if we have to accept punishment, the mistakes we make will not be punished to death..."

Before Zhang Ying could finish his words, with a "swish", Zhang Yan pulled out his long sword with him and chopped it towards Zhang Ying's neck. He raised his knife and fell, and a human head immediately rolled to the ground. Blood gushed out of his cavity, splashing all around him.

Zhang Yan held a bloody sword, glared at the tiger's eyes, stared at Chen Heng and others, and shouted sternly: "Zhang Ying was the first to commit the crime of bullying the army, and the crime of forming the army was the last to do so. I beheaded him according to the crime. Who dared not to obey me? The fate was like Zhang Ying!"

Chen Heng was immediately scared when he saw Zhang Ying being killed by Zhang Yan's sword, but when he thought that even if he accepted the punishment honestly, he would be dead after all. It might be better to resist. There might be a glimmer of hope. But he knew that Zhang Yan was so powerful that he was not an opponent, so he ran away and prepared to enter the city to find Liu Yao as a shelter!

"Where can't escape!" Zhang Yan could not see Chen Heng's heart. He shouted, threw the long sword in his hand, and inserted it directly into his heart from his back.

Chen Heng screamed and fell into a pool of blood.

As soon as Zhang Ying and Chen Heng died, the other generals and schools were trembling and knelt down on the ground, begging for mercy to Zhang Yan, and all the responsibilities were put on Zhang Ying and Chen Heng, and they also distanced their relationship with Zhang Ying and Chen Heng, claiming that they were forced by him.

There is no evidence to die, Zhang Yan has already killed Zhang Ying and Chen Heng. If these people are killed again, they will probably be counterproductive. So Zhang Yan ordered these 98 people to each go to the yamen runners to collect a board, and that's all.

Afterwards, Zhang Yan asked someone to inform Liu Yao, saying that he had killed Zhang Ying and Chen Heng on his crime.

It was a pity that Liu Yao heard that Zhang Yan had killed Zhang Ying and Chen Heng, and he was more or less resentful to Zhang Yan's arbitrary decision. But since the incident had already happened, it was too late for Liu Yao to say anything else. It was really unwise to offend Zhang Yan for the sake of Zhang Ying and Chen Heng.

So, Liu Yao once again issued a killing order in the name of official documents. Zhang Ying and Chen Heng's actions deserved the crime, and warned the entire army to take this as a warning.

The marathon race was cancelled. In this matter, Zhang Yan decided to supervise these Yangzhou soldiers to prevent them from secretly annihilation and slimming. So he asked the blacksmith to create two iron balls of the same weight and distribute them to the soldiers, and then hold training.

Liu Yao's soldiers became even more worried, fearing that they would violate the military rules.

After Zhang Ying and Chen Heng's death, the Yangzhou soldiers became much more honest. No one dared to obey Zhang Yan's orders and officially started their fair training.

On this side, Moling City was still actively training, while on the other side, Chen Deng and Taishici arrived in Jingxian and Shexian, and successfully convinced the leader of the bandits in Jingxian, Zulang, and Jiao Yi.

At the same time, Chen Deng and Taishi Ci also got the matter of Yan Baihu and Zulang and Jiao Yi. In addition, Taishi Ci stabbed Yan Baihu last time, so Yan Baihu held a grudge against him, so he gave up the idea of ​​convinceing Yan Baihu.

So, Chen Deng, Zulang and Jiao Yi made an appointment. As long as they could drive Sun Ce away, Zhang Yan would ask them to be the prefects, so that they could avoid the infamy of the bandits.

Zulang and Jiao Yi led their troops toward Danyang where Sun Ce was located, and followed Chen Deng's instructions to constantly disturb Sun Ce.

After a few days, Chen Deng and Taishi Ci returned to Moling, thinking about Zhang Yan reporting on his achievements, and informed Zhang Yan, Zulang, and Jiao had already led his army and everything was going according to the plan.

After hearing this, Zhang Yan immediately strengthened his training and prepared to fight Sun Ce in a few days! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!