Mi Heng just settled down in Zhang Yan's cottage.
He was not in a hurry and went out for fun every day under the supervision of the minions sent by Zhang Yan.
In fact, Mi Heng didn't know much about the Montenegro Army.
What he knew about the Montenegro Army in the past was just hearsay.
Before setting off from Chang'an this time, he also made up for the intelligence information about the Montenegro Army, but it was still crude and vague.
Until he The night before departure, Jia Xu approached him and gave him a contact information.
After he arrived at Zhang Yan's village, he left a special mark somewhere according to Jia Xu's arrangement, and naturally someone would contact him to meet.
On the second night after arriving at Zhang Yan Village, a masked man in black suddenly appeared in front of him, holding a wooden sign with a special symbol engraved on it.
Mi Heng was frightened at first, but he breathed a sigh of relief after the other party took out the wooden sign.
"The black spirit pays homage to the Lord" Mi Heng straightened his clothes and said, "Get up first.
I am here to recruit the Black Mountain Army and need your help."
"Thank you, sir."
The masked man in black stood up, put away the wooden sign, and asked, "I wonder how I can help you, sir?"
Mi Heng said: "First tell me the details of the Black Mountain Army.
If you know anything, tell me."
"Yes, my lord" Hei Ling pondered for a moment, then said: "You must also know the origin of the Black Mountain Army.
They were all people who revolted due to serious exploitation by local officials after the fall of the Yellow Turbans.
The reason why it is called the Black Mountain Army is because the main force occupies the Taihang Mountains.
There are many branches of the Black Mountain Army at the southern end of the Heishan Mountains, hence the name.
Each branch is dominated by the Black Mountain Army.
Now Zhang Yan is the chief leader, and other branches of various sizes are led by Zhang Yan.
There are different numbers, and their leaders are Huang Long, Bai Bo, Zuo Xiao, Guo Daxian, Yu Digen, Qing Niujiao, Zhang Baiqi, Liu Shi, Zuo Zhuzhangba, Pinghan, Daji, Sili, Juzai, Lei Gong, and Fuyun. , Feiyan, Baique, Yangfeng, Yudu, Wulu, Li Damu, Bairao, Qigu, Kucuo, etc., there are twenty-five people in total.
They all arise together in the valley. winning number" Mi Heng frowned and asked, "Why do these people have such weird names?"
Hei Ling said: "The reason is very simple.
Their names are not real names, they are just names, but they often reflect a certain characteristic of their behavior.
For example, Zhang Yan's original name was Zhang Feiyan because of his agility and physical strength.
Light as a swallow There is a leader named Zhang Baiqi, because he rides a white horse; there is also a leader named Lei Gong whose voice is as loud as thunder; there is a leader named Li who has big eyes, so he is called Li Damu; Yu Du, because he is far more vicious than usual People, so they are called poisonous" "These branches of the Black Mountain Army have different numbers, ranging from 20,000 to 30,000 people, and as low as 5,000 or 6,000 people.
Since the Baibo Army was defeated by the Protector, their power has dropped sharply.
Zhang Yan's strength is firmly at the top of the branches.
Therefore, he was elected as the big leader.
According to the villain's observations in the past two years, According to the statistics collected by the police, the total number of the Montenegrin Army is about 300,000, but most of them are civilians who depend on them.
Their actual combat strength is about 100,000, and among them Zhang Yan has nearly 20,000 men."
Mi Heng said solemnly: "One hundred thousand people is really not a force that can be ignored.
If we cannot integrate these Black Mountain troops, if they are allowed to be used by Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, or even Cao Cao, the harm to the imperial court will be huge. " Hei Ling nodded and said: "What the Lord said is true."
Mi Heng thought for a while and asked: "What is your current position in the Black Mountain Army?
How many people do you have under your command?"
"Sir, the villain is not here to form cliques, but to pay attention to every move of the Montenegrin Army.
Therefore, the villain has not cultivated any influence in the Montenegrin Army in the past two years.
He is just trying to make himself closer to the Montenegrin Army.
The center of power, able to find out more information, my lord If you have anything to do, just give it.
The villain will cooperate fully, but it is best not to try to find out the villain's identity in the Black Mountain Army.
After all, the adult is not from the secret camp, nor is he the villain's direct superior.
If you know the villain's identity, Not only is it bad for villains, it’s also very bad for adults.”
Mi Heng pondered for a moment and said: "Okay, I won't inquire about your identity in the Montenegrin Army, but I want to know Zhang Yan's true attitude towards the recruitment matter, as well as the opinions of other leaders of the Montenegrin Army on this matter.
Attitude, this is key to whether I can convince them to accept recruitment.”
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"I'll do my best.
If there's nothing else to do, I'll take my leave first."
After Hei Ling finished speaking, he clasped his fists and hid in the darkness and disappeared.
Mi Heng had a solemn look on his face.
After listening to Hei Ling's description of the specific situation of the Black Mountain Army, he felt that the task of subduing the Black Mountain Army and accepting the imperial court's recruitment was very important.
If Zhang Yan could keep his word among the Black Mountain Army, , he only needs to convince Zhang Yan alone. , but the current situation seems that there are more than 20 famous leaders of the Montenegrin Army.
They only regard Zhang Yan as the big leader.
They may not listen to Zhang Yan’s words, so just persuading Zhang Yan alone is not enough. , and other leaders of the Montenegrin army need to agree.
But he said that Zhang Yan had been thinking about the issue of recruitment in the past two days.
He did not have a clear idea in his mind whether he should accept the imperial court's recruitment, or he was not sure about it.
However, he was also in the surrounding counties of Taihang Mountain.
After making detailed arrangements, I also heard about the situation of the court, and learned that the person in charge of the court now is the Protector Liu Cheng.
This man has always protected the emperor and the royal family to the death, and the decrees issued have also been of great benefit to ordinary people.
Vigorously suppress the family The exploitation of ordinary people, the suppression of aristocratic families and the support of poor families, the promulgation of a series of decrees are actually vigorous reforms, and these reforms would have never been feasible in the past, but now the states and counties under the direct control of the imperial court The power of the aristocratic family has been weakened as never before, so it is not difficult to implement these decrees, and the implementation of these decrees has indeed brought unprecedented vitality to various places, which has never happened before.
The imperial court's control over local areas is getting tighter and stronger.
If the Montenegro Army does not accept the recruitment, it will inevitably become the target of the court's attack.
With the current strength of the Montenegro Army, if the Montenegro Army can unite, it will not be afraid.
The imperial court, but the Montenegrin Army is not the same The unified organization is just a loose alliance of rebels with him as the chief leader.
Once the court wants to use troops against the Montenegrin Army, it is very likely to use various methods to defeat it, but he is powerless.
His prestige is not enough to scare the heroes. , making the leaders of the Montenegrin Army bow their heads and obey orders.
On this day, Zhang Yan summoned his trusted generals to discuss the matter of recruiting peace.
Participants included Sun Qing, Wang Dang, Du Chang, Yu Du and others.
"You are all my confidants, Zhang Yan.
I want to hear your true thoughts about the recruitment.
You don't have to have any scruples.
I will never blame you because your opinions are contrary to mine."
The attendees looked at each other, and Sun Qing said to Du: "Lao Yu, you have always been resourceful, you can speak first."
Several other people also let Yu Du speak first.
Yu Du hesitated for a moment and clasped his fists at Zhang Yan: "Brother, I only speak my personal thoughts.
I don't know what other people think.
I think the imperial court is now Under the purge and restructuring of the Protector, his strong side has gradually emerged.
Suppressing the power of wealthy families and vigorously supporting poor families would have been impossible in the past, but it is the easiest to implement in today's situation.
Once poor families are supported, the order of all social strata will be affected.
The cards will be reshuffled.
In order to add more A strong ruling force will definitely attack those who do not surrender, and our Montenegrin Army is within the sphere of influence directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.
If we do not accept the imperial court's recruitment, it will be equivalent to standing on the opposite side of the imperial court.
The imperial court will definitely first Put aside other things and deal with us in order to It is simply impossible for our strength to compete with the imperial court.
As long as the imperial court deploys heavy troops at our exit from the valley and blocks our direct contact with the outside world, it won’t be long before our strength is greatly reduced due to lack of food but weapons but not living materials.
If the imperial court comes again It will be much easier to deal with us.”
Zhang Yan asked: "Do you mean you agree to accept the recruitment?"
"Yes" Yu Du nodded, but then said: "But I am worried about the implementation of the imperial court's promise on the matter of recruitment.
If we agree to the imperial court to recruit civilians and disband the tribe as required by the imperial court, but the imperial court does not follow the pre-arranged agreement, They only use the recruitment as a cover to fulfill their promises, but secretly they want to completely eradicate us, then we may die without a burial place."
Zhang Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Your worries are not unreasonable.
The most difficult thing to guess in the world is the people's hearts.
We don't know the true thoughts of Lord Protector Liu Cheng.
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Without seeing their sincerity, we rashly accepted the recruitment and followed the imperial court's instructions."
He requested to reorganize the team, eliminate the old and the weak, and accept officials, generals, and subordinates sent by the imperial court.
I am afraid that I don’t know how he will die by then.
What other brothers think, you can tell me, let’s take a look at the details together.”
Wang Dang stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Brother, I don't think it is necessary to accept the imperial court's recruitment.
Once you accept the imperial court's recruitment, you have to accept the imperial court's control.
We are all rough people.
How can we bear that kind of restraint like I have been doing for a long time?"
I am used to being free and happy in the mountains and fields, but it will be very unaccustomed to be restrained suddenly, and the brothers will not be able to bear it."
Du Chang cupped his fists and said: "Brother, I think this matter is worth considering.
Although what Lao Wang said makes sense and we don't want to be controlled by the court, we can't just focus on the present.
We say to ourselves that we are the Montenegrin Army.
In fact, in the eyes of outsiders Here, we are bandits.
Isn’t it not enough for us to be bandits for the rest of our lives?
We also want our descendants to be bandits for the rest of our lives.
So I thought that accepting the imperial court’s recruitment was an opportunity for us to completely abandon ourselves.
Having escaped the identity of a mountain bandit, future generations can also have a good background.
Besides, doesn’t the eldest brother also have the identity of a general who can overcome difficulties?
This was canonized by the late emperor back then.
Although Liu Cheng is in charge of the current court, the emperor still The emperor's son, he must buy some noodles from the late emperor, right?
We, the Black Mountain Army, are not the only heroes in the world.
If Liu Cheng is unfavorable to us, after his bad reputation spreads, the heroes from other places will no longer accept the imperial court's recruitment
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