The Three Kingdoms

Under the night, the Jin army camp.

With its back against the hillside, there was a simple camp, where the soldiers gathered together, ten people set up a stove, and set up pots and stoves one by one. Under the firelight, the cooking smoke melted into the darkness, creating a gloomy atmosphere.

In the big tent of the camp, there was a tall body with open jaws, half body naked, eyes wide open, teeth clenched, drops of sweat dripping from his forehead.

A military doctor stood behind him, treating a deep bone wound on his back.

This is the mark left by the big gun in Zhang Yan's hand when the generals were fighting.

Of course, relatively speaking, Zhang Yan had a hard time. He risked his life, and forcibly tore his shoulder bone with the spear in his hand, leaving a big wound.

Speaking of it, this battle is a lose-lose situation.

"General, it's time to eat."

At this time, a general of the Jin army opened the curtain of the camp tent, walked in with a meal, put down the hot meal, and said in a low voice: "I will report to Xianru that the battlefield has been cleaned up now. The casualties were quite a lot, and more than two thousand soldiers were killed in battle."

"This battle was obviously fought suddenly. We were not prepared, and the number of enemy troops was relatively larger than ours. We are lucky to be able to maintain this casualty. By the way, how about the casualties of the bandit Zhang Yan?"

After Zhang Jaw had his wound bandaged up, he straightened up a brocade robe, walked up, sat down with a big horse, looked at the lieutenant general, and asked calmly.

"General, they are mere thieves, so they are naturally inferior to our Jin elites. Their casualties are almost half of ours." The deputy general said contemptuously: "I saw him on the battlefield, and their casualties were at least three thousand or more. .”

"Zhang Yi, don't be complacent, and don't underestimate this person."

Hearing this, Zhang Jai looked at the lieutenant general and clan brother beside him, with a dignified expression on his face, and said in a low voice: "Actually, we lost in today's battle, and our reaction is not as good as others. If we want to launch an attack than them, then Our equipment and capabilities, a single charge, is enough to defeat them, instead of the current situation of losing both!"

"If it weren't for the Black Mountain Army's weapons and armor being much weaker than ours, our casualties would probably be higher than theirs in today's battle. Zhang Yan is a dangerous person, so be careful!"

Even if Zhang Jaw didn't want to admit it, if he clearly realized that Zhang Yan's reaction to the battlefield he lost to in this battle, he lost the initiative, so he could only defend.

"The end will understand!"

Zhang Yi nodded. He had always admired his cousin Zhang Jai. If Zhang Jai could say such a thing, Zhang Yan must have something special, so he must be cautious.

"Zhang Yi, since we have blocked them here, you must send scouts to watch them dead, and not let them go south!"

Zhang Jai narrowed his eyes and said coldly.

"No!" Zhang Yi nodded. (to be continued)

[Chapter 415 of the main text: The Long March of the Three Kingdoms IV]

"By the way, general, do you think these Black Mountain troops are stupid enough to dare to attack the capital of our Jin Kingdom with tens of thousands of soldiers? Isn't this asking for death?"

In the tent, Zhang Yi opened his jaw, obviously not understanding, and said in a low voice.

Not to mention their current soldiers and horses, even the troops guarding the capital of the Jin Kingdom are enough to deal with this group of Black Mountain troops. Why do they insist on leaving the Black Mountains and going south to Yecheng, paying casualties.

Robbery?

Not quite.

If they want to take advantage of the fact that the main force of the Jin State is in Youzhou and want to gain benefits, they just need to send troops to plunder the cities around Zhongshan and Changshan.

If they wanted to take Yecheng, they would have to dispatch at least [-] soldiers and horses, and only these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were mostly food deliverers.

"Actually, there is something strange in my heart!"

Zhang Jaw has been hungry for a whole day, and he was exhausted from fighting with Zhang Yan. Now he is a little panicked from hunger, and while gorging himself, he said in a low voice: "Zhang Yan, his reaction today is enough to show that, He is extremely shrewd and definitely not an impulsive person, but he has only a few tens of thousands of troops, and it is unbelievable that he is going to attack Ye City!"

Zhang Jaw couldn't figure this out, but he still couldn't think of a good reason to explain it.

°Combining the soldiers and horses of Wei State in the south to attack Yecheng?

Not quite right.

If this is the case, the soldiers and horses of the State of Wei should have gone north. Now that there is no letter from the prime minister, it is obviously not the soldiers and horses of the State of Wei who have gone north.

"General, a letter from Prime Minister Ju!"

At this time, a personal guard opened the curtain of the big tent and walked in.Presenting a letter with both hands.

"A letter from the prime minister?"

Hearing the words, Zhang Jai immediately stopped eating, took the letter, opened the letter directly, and took a look.The pupils suddenly changed a little, and the face became gloomy.

"I know why he's going south!" Zhang Jaw said coldly.

"Why?"

Zhang Yi's eyes moved slightly, looking at Zhang Jaw's gloomy face, he was startled, Zhang Jaw rarely had such a lethargic expression.

"He is not hungry for Yecheng, but for us!"

Zhang Ja handed the letter in his hand to his confidant lieutenant general.There was a cold killing intent in his eyes, and he said coldly: "Zhang Yan's move is called leading the snake out of the hole, and it's just to lead our army away from Hejian County!"

"Damn it, this group of Black Mountain thieves are so brave, they dare to unite with the Wu Kingdom. They want to die!"

Looking at the letter, Zhang Yi gasped. What is the concept of millions of people? There are more people than Hejian and Zhongshan combined.

"We have been fooled now, and we must return to Hejian quickly. If millions of Black Mountain Yellow Turbans leave Jizhou and seek refuge in Wu State, it will undoubtedly make Wu State even more powerful."

Zhang Jaw stood up.His body exuded a cold hostility, and his eyes were piercing.

"General, but Zhang Yan is still eyeing us!"

Zhang Yi heard the words.Looking at Zhang Jaw, he pondered for a while, and said in a low voice: "Zhang Yan's soldiers are staring at him. Once we retreat, he will definitely chase us, and we can't escape at all. Can Wei Jun send troops to stop him?"

"cannot!"

Zhang Jai shook his head, squinting his eyes.Said: "Yecheng is the capital of our Jin Kingdom, Zhang Yan and the others are just wolves. But Cao Cao in the south is a big tiger. If the troops from Yecheng suddenly go north, it is hard to imagine that Cao Cao will be tempted. We can't take this risk. !"

"If this is the case, we must get rid of Zhang Yan in the shortest possible time, but Zhang Yan has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, and we have fought against each other today. Although the weapons and armor are not as good as ours, these people are very fierce in fighting spirit. It's easy to deal with!" Zhang Yi felt helpless and sighed. …

"No matter how difficult it is to deal with, we must defeat him!"

Hearing this, Zhang Jai drew a sharp arc at the corner of his mouth, and said coldly, "I must defeat Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army within five days, and then return to aid Hejian."

"promise!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yi nodded heavily.

……

The barracks of the Jin army is in a valley ten miles away to the west.

The camp of the Black Mountain Army.