Yang Feng had just walked a few steps when he felt a little dizzy, so he had to take the stick handed over by his guard and staggered towards Zhang Yan's camp.
As soon as she entered the camp, Zhang Yan stood up to greet her, "The captain has worked hard today. If it weren't for the captain's help, the camp would have been invaded by the Jizhou army."
On the road, Yang Feng had already heard about the Jizhou Army occupying the key point on the mountain, and asked: "Does General Zhonglang want me to retake the mountain overnight?"
After hearing this, Zhang Yan shook her head and said: "Even if we take it back tonight, we won't be able to hold it tomorrow."
"I came here to discuss with the captain. The Black Mountain Army is no longer able to withstand the Jizhou Army's offensive. I want to retreat to the hinterland of Montenegro early tomorrow morning, then abandon Montenegro and find a way out."
When Yang Feng heard this, her mouth was full of bitterness. She felt uncomfortable giving up the place she had run for more than ten years, but she also understood that her personal guard team had been exhausted, and the Black Mountain Army had suffered heavy casualties.
Here, we are just waiting to die.
She said slowly: "Even if you escape to Montenegro, where can you go?"
Zhang Yan spoke up and said: "After all, I am also a Zhonglang general who has been professed by the Han court. Now that the emperor is in urgent need of all forces to join him, I decided to take the remaining troops to Huaicheng, meet the emperor in person, and submit to the Han court in the name of the Black Mountain Army."
After hearing this, Yang Feng showed a look of disgust on his face, "It was only a temporary measure to take refuge with the Han court back then. Now that the Han court is declining, is it necessary for us to follow and die?"
"The sky is dead a long time ago. The immoral Han Dynasty has no need to exist anymore!"
In Zhang Yan's heart, this woman is really stubborn. If she doesn't take refuge with the emperor, how can she still stay here and wait for death?
Moreover, what Zhang Yan couldn't say clearly was that, on the surface, he was seeking refuge with the emperor, but secretly, he was seeking refuge with Cao Cao!
Cao Cao promised Zhang Yan very generous conditions, and what Zhang Yan had to do was to gain the emperor's trust, lead the remaining Black Mountain Army to garrison Huaicheng, and help Cao Cao secretly deal with Lu Bu and other forces!
But Zhang Yan did not say these words to Yang Feng, because Zhang Yan did not want to share the benefits equally with Yang Feng. After all, the other party's status in Taiping Road was extremely high. What if the other party surpassed him in the future?
Moreover, Zhong Yao, who was sent by Cao Cao, had an obvious intention to give up Yang Feng!
In fact, Zhang Yan didn't know Yang Feng's attitude towards Cao Cao at this time. If he had known, he might have taken other measures.
On that day, Yang Chou was ordered by Cao Cao to establish contact with Heishan. One of the lines was Yang Feng, and the other line was Zhang Yan.
It has to be said that Yang Chou did a very good job, not only bringing the Black Mountain Army and Cao Cao on the line, but also convincing Yang Feng that Cao Cao was the most suitable successor to Taiping Dao.
But this kind of thing didn't have time to reach Cao Cao's ears, and Yang Chou was shot to death by Yuan Xi.
In this way, the relationship established through Yang Chou was severed. Neither Cao Cao nor Zhang Yan knew that Yang Feng was actually somewhat biased towards Cao Cao.
What Zhang Yan would never let Yang Feng and Cao Cao know is that he actually accepted Yuan Xi's benefits!
The other party only has one request, and it’s Yang Feng!
Naturally, Zhang Yan would not refuse such a good thing, killing two birds with one stone. As soon as he thought about it, he said: "If the captain doesn't want to go to Anyi, we can discuss it in the long run."
"But there aren't that many options left."
"Is it possible that we are going to defect to the Southern Huns?"
"With all due respect, this is not a good retreat. There is no danger in the Hetao Plain, and there is a huge gap between the two sides of the Yellow River. It is not easy to cross the Yellow River and enter Bingzhou. If we are overtaken by the Jizhou army, we will not be able to escape."
Yang Feng was silent for a moment and said, "How about going to Liangzhou?"
"I heard that Li Jue and Guo Si's army have been defeated, Li Jue was killed, and Duan Xuan is chasing Guo Si. Now Liangzhou has no power. Only Xiliang Ma Teng and Han Sui still have strength."
"If the Black Mountain Army can pass through the passage between Bingzhou and Sili, it will still be able to stand at least in the eastern part of Liangzhou."
"Besides, the Yang family is related by marriage to the Ma family in Fufeng, so if you want to come to Ma Teng, they won't embarrass the Black Mountain Army."
After hearing this, Zhang Yan felt a little moved on her face and said, "This is a good idea."
"Since the captain has an idea, let's break out together tomorrow, go west through Heishan and enter Bingzhou. If there is no enemy obstruction, we will go to Liangzhou."
After hearing this, Yang Feng felt much relieved and said, "The general is wise."
Zhang Yan said: "In that case, Colonel, please go back and recharge your batteries before breaking out tomorrow."
Yang Feng also felt exhausted, so she nodded in agreement, left the camp with a stick, and went back to rest.
Not long after Yang Feng left, Zhong Yao came out from behind the tent and said with a gloomy face: "Isn't General Zhonglang really going to Liangzhou?"
"Ma Teng and Han Sui are both tigers and wolves. General, do you really think you can stand firm when surrounded by these two hungry wolves?"
Zhang Yan smiled bitterly and said: "Why don't I stabilize her first? Captain Yang has always had his own ideas. She is extremely resistant to going to Anyi. If I say it clearly, she will definitely oppose it, fearing that it will ruin the important things for you."
Zhong Yao listened and nodded with satisfaction, "As long as the general understands the truth, Yang Feng is stubborn and stubborn. She confuses the people in Taiping Road with her evil words and affects the important affairs of the emperor. There is no need to keep her."
"Let it be cut off tomorrow, and then kill someone with a borrowed knife. It will be over in one fell swoop."
After hearing this, Zhang Yan felt guilty in her heart, but she knew that the Black Mountain Army was gone and she had no other choice. She sighed and said dejectedly: "But it depends on the arrangement of the minister."
Yang Feng returned to the camp, sat cross-legged and adjusted her breath for a long time before calming down her surging blood. At this time, her new injuries and old wounds had already made her live up to her previous courage. Even Zhong Yao, who was hiding behind the tent, could not breathe.
Hearing it, otherwise, she would be more or less alert.
She thought about it again and again, and felt that although she might be pursued when she retreated tomorrow, Montenegro was covered in dense forests, so it shouldn't be difficult for most people to escape, so she felt relieved and fell asleep.
At the third watch, with the bright moon in the sky, on the steep slope to the north of the Heishan Military Camp, there were groups of soldiers crawling hard on the steep slope with wooden sticks in their mouths and ropes in their hands.
Lu Lingqi followed Yuan Xi and fell several times. If it weren't for the rope holding her, she would have rolled down the hillside.
She had not received cross-country training from Yuan Xi's soldiers, so she was extremely uncomfortable with this kind of night climbing. She almost fell off her head at first. However, she had a high level of understanding and was gradually able to keep up with Yuan Xi's pace.
She murmured in her heart that her husband was really not following common sense. During the day, he clearly announced the general attack tomorrow, but secretly ordered to march to the north side and rear of the Montenegrin Army during the night. When daylight came, the entire army would rush out and cut off the Montenegrin Army's retreat.
!
Guo Jiajushou had long predicted that the Montenegrin army might escape, but if the enemy left an army to defend the pass tomorrow, Yuan Shang would break in from the front, and Yuan Xi would gain nothing from behind.
If so, it would be better to climb over the mountain at night and cut off part of the enemy's escape route. In this way, Yuan Shang would have nothing to say whether he could capture the enemy general or recruit him to surrender. Afterwards, Yuan Xi could use the Montenegro surrender army and the Han army to surrender.
Court negotiations.
The few soldiers at the front were all the most elite personal guards under Yuan Xi's command. These men were agile and had a bundle of ropes hanging on their backs. They grabbed the roots of weeds and trees on the hillside with their hands and feet, and carefully lowered their bodies to climb.
Every ten feet away, they stopped, pulled out an iron awl from their waists and inserted it into the soil. They picked up a wooden mallet wrapped in layers of linen and struck the bottom of the iron awl until it was deeply penetrated into the soil.
, and finally they put the rope into the ring at the bottom of the iron cone, so that a rope bridge that can be pulled and held by the people behind is ready.
Lu Lingqi held walnuts in her mouth, thinking that Yuan Xi was lecherous and had many fantastic ideas while marching and fighting. But what she didn't understand was why the other soldiers held sticks in their mouths while she held walnuts.
When she asked Yuan Xi, he hesitated and only said that men and women are different.
Lu Lingqi felt furious in her heart. Seeing the other party's guilty look, there must be something fishy going on!
Don't let me catch you, or you'll look good!
Suddenly, Yang Feng was awakened by the rapid shouting. She turned over and sat up. She found that it was still dark outside and she had not taken off her armor to rest. She quickly got up and walked out of the camp. She saw soldiers running around in a panic, grabbing a
A passing soldier asked, "What happened?"
When the soldier saw it was Yang Feng, he quickly replied: "The enemy is coming!"
"Many enemies appeared on the mountain road behind us, our people just saw it!"
"Our retreat has been cut off!"
Yang Feng's face darkened after hearing this. She found a high place and looked to the rear. She saw that there seemed to be many people setting up defenses on the hill behind the north. Looking at the costumes and flags, they turned out to be the Youzhou Army!
She thought to herself that the Youzhou Army was really haunting, how could they get around it?
The position occupied by the opponent is very bad, stuck in the center of the back side of the Heishan camp. There are still about 20,000 people in the Heishan camp. If they attack with all their strength, the Youzhou army will definitely not be able to resist it. But the key is that there are still many people in front of the camp.
There is Jizhou Army!
As a result, the Montenegrin Army is in a dilemma, and they are afraid that the camp will be blown up now!
Moreover, Zhang Yan and most of the leaders were in the camp in front, so they would definitely respond immediately. As expected, someone came soon and asked Yang Feng to pass.
When Yang Feng arrived, all the leaders in Zhang Yan's camp had already arrived, including Lei Gong, Guo Daxian, Luo Shi and others, all with solemn expressions.
Zhang Yan saw Yang Feng coming in and said: "Commander Yang is here, now we have to break out of the encirclement immediately and retreat to the west!"
"It seems that the Jizhou Army has not taken action yet. If it takes the opportunity to storm our front door, most of us will not be able to leave!"
Everyone had no objection at the moment. Zhang Yan hesitated and said, "Commander Yang, take Guo Daxian and Luo Shi, what about the separation?"
"We will meet at the western pass of Montenegro then!"
Yang Feng listened and nodded: "Yes."
Upon hearing this arrangement, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, because among the generals in Montenegro, Zhang Yan and Yang Feng were the most skilled in martial arts.
Zhang Yan is good at horse fighting, and Yang Feng is good at foot fighting. Now the mountain road is steep and the cavalry cannot use it at all, so Zhang Yan's arrangement is reasonable and reasonable.
But no one knew that Yang Feng's strength had already been greatly reduced. Zhang Yan, the only one who knew more or less, had a look of guilt in his eyes at this time.
Faced with protecting the Black Mountain Army and Yang Feng, he chose the former.
After everyone dispersed, Zhong Yao ran in hastily, "General, let's leave quickly?"
"The fierce tiger of the Yuan family has been refusing to deal with me. If he sees me, he will probably take revenge and my life will not be saved!"
"General, you must take me out!"
Zhang Yan showed a look of disgust on her face and said: "Don't worry, Minister Zhong, Black Mountain is so big, we will be able to retreat safely."
In the Jizhou military camp, Yuan Shang's face looked ugly, as if he had eaten shit. He said to the generals who had summoned him urgently: "Yuan Xi's insidious and cunning thing actually took action first!"
"He occupied the retreat route of the Montenegrin army. Isn't this a solitary act?"
"Now that the whole army is attacking, we can't give him any credit!"
After hearing this, all the generals spoke out to take orders, and the soldiers poured from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain like a tide.