Three Kingdoms Star System

Chapter 166 Under Jinyang City
"This guy, he is as light as a swallow, and let him run away just like that." Gan Ning couldn't help but stamped his feet and cursed as Zhang Yan fled.

However, victory in this battle is already a relatively ideal result. As for capturing Zhang Yan, it is indeed a rare thing that cannot be expected. It is best if you can capture it.

Naturally, Gan Ning was well aware of this, so he immediately ordered to clean up the battlefield, collect the surrendered troops, clean up the armor and equipment discarded by the enemy soldiers, transport several carts full, and then swaggered back to the city.

But Zhang Yan fled all the way, did not stop until tens of miles away, and ordered people to gather up the fleeing sergeants, and finally counted the number of people, and there were less than 1 people left in the 6 army, and the remaining six Thousands of people were either killed and burned to death, or surrendered, or fled. Because of the defeat, this ten thousand army is already panicked, has no fighting spirit, and its morale is extremely low.

"Commander, where are we going now?" Although he knew that Zhang Yan had a violent temper, the general Zhang Fan still wanted to ask, because after all, this was related to the future of [-] surviving soldiers.

"Hmph, kill me back. I want to find Gan Ning and fight again. This time I must defeat him in an upright manner!" Zhang Yan said loudly after being so defeated, unable to hold back his face.

However, the soldiers under his command were terrified when they heard the name Gan Ning. They knelt down and asked Zhang Yan to lead the army back to Taiyuan first, and wait until the army was assembled and enough food and grass were gathered before considering dealing with Gan Ning.

In fact, Zhang Yan was just talking out of anger. He naturally knew the horror of Gan Ning better than the soldiers under his command. With just one attack, his weapon was blown away, and his mouth burst and he vomited blood. Such a character Even compared to Lu Bu, I'm afraid it's not much better. Fortunately, seeing that the situation is not good, I immediately turned around and ran away. If I hesitated for a moment, I'm afraid that the fate waiting for me is either captured or killed.

"Hmph, if that's the case, let's spare that fellow Gan Ning for the time being. Let's go back to Taiyuan first. I have already asked for help from the brothers in Shangjun and Xihe counties, including the King of the Huns. It is estimated that their army will be there soon. When we arrived in Taiyuan, at that time, our armies from all walks of life joined forces, first defeated Shangdang, captured Liu He alive, and then joined forces with Gongsun Bogui to wipe out Youzhou. After that, I occupied Guanzhong along Liu He's road, and Gongsun Bogui was in Hebei for us. It would be such a wonderful thing to block Yuan Shao."

Zhang Yan began to turn his anger into joy, imagining the scene of himself separatist and ruling Guanzhong, and felt that he had gained motivation, so he led the army back to Jinyang City, Taiyuan County, regardless of fatigue.

From the eldest son to Taiyuan for about five hundred miles, Zhang Yan led his soldiers to make a long-distance attack. When they were tired and hungry, they forced themselves to live among the people. After three days of marching, they finally arrived at the city of Jinyang.

"Haha, I, Zhang Yan, finally came back, Liu and Xiaoer. Although I fell into your trick this time and retreated in defeat, as long as I have the chance, I will definitely make a comeback. In a few days, the people of Shangjun and Xihe The reinforcements will arrive soon, and together they will have nearly [-] troops, plus [-] Hun cavalry, I want to see what ability you have to hold this place?"

Zhang Yan looked at the top of the city, laughed, and was about to call the door, but suddenly froze, because he saw that the flag on the top of the city was different from before.

"Well, what the hell is going on? Does Lei Gong dare to change the flag casually? No, it is absolutely impossible. If so, it proves that Jinyang City has changed its master."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yan burst into a wry smile, and thought silently: "This can't be true, right? If this is the case, I, Zhang Yan, will really become a lost dog. Although I was elected as the chief by the Black Mountain group, But Shangdang and Taiyuan are my fundamental bases. If I lose these two counties, how can the Heishan heroes obey me again, even if they obey me superficially and invite me to their territory, then I am afraid I will follow The current little emperor is like a puppet, but what's the point of living like that? It's better to be a little bandit."

But Zhang Yan still decided to give it a try, so he ordered the soldiers around him to open the city gate.

And the fact is just as Zhang Yan feared, just as the call to the city was heard under the city, arrows were shot from the top of the city, and then a man stood proudly on the top of the city and shouted loudly: "Now Jinyang City has been opened to the public. The imperial court has surrendered, General Zhang, you are now homeless, and you and your family members are all in my Jinyang City. Now you have nowhere to go, so hurry up and surrender, as long as you surrender, I guarantee you will I received very generous treatment, as long as you are willing to help me with all your heart, it is not impossible to be named a marquis and general, and a wife and son in the future."

"Liu He! It really is you. How did you come to my Taiyuan? Aren't you in Shangdang? I understand. No wonder I didn't see you in Shangdang before. It turns out that you have not been in Shangdang for a long time. After the army went to Shangdang, you moved troops from Youzhou to conspire against my Taiyuan, which is a poisonous plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain! Zhang accepted it, but it is impossible for me to surrender, let’s wait and see."

Zhang Yan automatically imagined that the reason why Liu He came to Jinyang was mainly because he had mobilized a lot of troops from Liu Yu in Youzhou, so he didn't dare to stop and attack Jinyang at all, and immediately led his army to flee to the west. He can also escape to Yanmen in the north. Although it does not belong to him completely, some bandits are active there, and if he is really forced, he can escape directly to the Xiongnu through Yanmen Pass. Not for escape, but to "recover" Jinyang and Shangdang with the help of the Shangjun and Xihe bandits.

Along the way, Zhang Yan's army fled again. When he came to Pingtao (now Wenshui, Shanxi), there were only less than [-] of the [-] army left. Fortunately, he met Zhang Baiqi here. led bandits.

This piece of white cavalry was originally active in the Hongnong area, fighting against Zhang Ji's army. Later, Cao Cao led his army to occupy Hongnong. Zhang Baiqi was not an opponent, so he crossed the river from Hongnong and slipped to Hedong. The thieves were at odds, and entered Xihe County through Hedong, and gradually annexed the local rebel forces, controlled the southern area of ​​​​Xihe County, served as the prefect of Xihe, and joined forces with the Huns to form a considerable force. 5 people. This time, I heard that Zhang Yan, the commander-in-chief of the Black Mountain Army, was in trouble. He personally led an army of [-] people, and together with more than [-] people under the command of Bai Que, the bandit leader of Shangjun, set off from Lishi, Xihe County, to rescue Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan was very happy to meet his own people when he was down and down. Dang even became brothers with the two, and then led Zhang Baiqi, Bai Que and about 6 soldiers under his command to Jinyang. The fleeing Black Mountain Army joined in one after another, and by the time they arrived more than ten miles outside Jinyang City, the number of soldiers led by Zhang Yan had reached nearly 7.

(End of this chapter)