When Zhang Yu entered Taishan County, he was very successful at first, even conquering several cities.
Sure enough, Cao Jun in Yuzhou, like Zhang Yu, did not dare to rescue.
Without rescue, of course, Zhang Yu is not his opponent.
They had already transferred part of their forces to the western front to attack the yuan family. As a result, they were dragged down by Zhang Yu.
Now, in the east line, there are not many troops.
When Zhang Yu attacked Mount Tai, he suddenly met with obstacles.
The Cao army, with more than 40000 troops, resisted all the way and finally escaped into Mount Tai.
After entering the mountain, half of Zhang Yu's cavalry immediately lost their function.
Zhang Yu really wants to encircle Mount Tai. He doesn't know when he can destroy them. He doesn't even know who will destroy them.
Zhang Yu stopped at the foot of Mount Tai, but did not enter the mountain to encircle Cao's army.
But it's not a matter to let Cao Jun go. When Zhang Yu attacked other places or occupied the whole Mount Tai, they could still cause great trouble to Zhang Yu.
"It's really troublesome to get into the mountains." Zhang Yu has been around for two days, but there is no good way.
Deep in the mountains, the most important thing is food, and Cao Jun is ready to persist for a period of time.
Zhang Yu felt that he could not advance or retreat.
At this time, Zhang Yu considered whether to beat other places first and left Mount Tai to clean up slowly.
Lingcao there, now has been no movement, so to cooperate with their own, will be able to make a breakthrough.
Zhang Yu continued to attack Mount Tai, beat down the places around Mount Tai, and moved the surrounding villages, so that Cao Jun who entered Mount Tai had no support.
After cleaning up for three days, Zhang Yu cleaned up the surrounding villages and forced them to move out with the army.
Clean up around a circle, Zhang Yu also continued to go to the periphery to clean up, clean up all around.
But at this time, a group of people in Mount Tai quit.
Zhang Yan, also known as the remaining sin of Huang Jin, settled down in Mount Tai.
He led hundreds of thousands of people around Mount Tai, with 100000 soldiers and horses alone.
They farm and hide in Mount Tai.
At this time, Zhang Yan was very upset.
When the two armies went to war, nothing happened to him, but Cao Jun entered Mount Tai, and then Zhang Yu cleaned up the villages around Mount Tai.
In fact, many of these village heads are controlled by Zhang Yan, but Zhang Yu has moved them all away.
In addition, Zhang Yan and his family also need to purchase a lot of materials from outside, such as salt and cloth, but Zhang Yu is still expanding the scope and wants to move all the villages and towns here.
What will they do when hundreds of thousands of them are in the mountains?
Although food can barely survive, what about salt and other things?
Therefore, this picture is extremely troublesome.
Zhang Yan called several men to discuss.
"We didn't expect that the war between the two armies would affect us. It seems that we can't continue like this." Zhang Yan said.
There is no good way to look at me and you.
Zhang Yan knew they couldn't, so she said, "I want to get out of the mountain, there are two ways, one is to obey Zhang Yu, the other is to obey Cao Cao, there are only two ways to go."
At this time, Zhang Yan didn't want her subordinates to put forward any brilliant ideas. Instead, she just came to inform them to unify her opinions so as to avoid big trouble.
"General, we should surrender to Cao Cao. At this time, he is weak and should be able to give us a good official post."
"If you go to Zhangyu's, the army will not protect us. They won't do anything to us, but the army will be disbanded by him."
"Zhang Yu didn't even need Yuan Shao's troops. He went directly to mine. Maybe we will also be sent to mine."
"No, we should surrender to Zhang Yu. After all, the saint is Zhang Yu's wife now, and she's a member of her own family."
Several of the men have different opinions.
"Let's send someone to contact Zhang Yu first and see what Zhang Yu says." Zhang Yan said.
Several people agreed, but said that their treatment must be guaranteed.
At this time, they are more for their own consideration, surrender to Zhang Yu, even if the army disbanded, then also want to ensure their certain interests.
Soon, Zhang Yan sent for Zhang Yu.
Zhang Yu was surprised. He didn't think about Zhang Yan when fighting.
Zhang Yan often makes trouble in Mount Tai. He is a thief in Mount Tai. Naturally, he knows it.
But at this time, no one has time to talk to him. When Cao Cao is defeated, there will be plenty of time to clean up.
Cao Cao did not have the energy to deal with Zhang Yan. As long as he did not attack the big city or leave Mount Tai, Cao Cao did not want to punish him.
It's not cost-effective to use a large army to punish him. It's also very protracted.
"Zhang Yan wants to surrender?"
"It's impossible to keep the army. The qualified army can stay, and the unqualified army can't. We are responsible for the resettlement. The other generals who want to continue to lead the army can, and those who don't want to continue to serve in the army will pay a lot of money to be rich."
"We are also responsible for the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of people. We will not leave one person behind and ensure their normal life."
"There's nothing else to talk about."
Zhang Yu thought about it and wrote back. Naturally, he would not accept all of Zhang Yan's conditions.
Zhang Yan's price is very high. He wants Zhang Yu to keep 100000 troops and let them lead. But Zhang Yu doesn't dare.
Zhang Yan also makes a wild offer. He also knows that Zhang Yu won't agree, but he can make a counteroffer.
Soon, Zhang Yu asked for the position of sheriff, and other generals also gave it to certain senior officials.
Zhang Yu wrote back and said, "prefects and other positions must pass the exam. You can't pass the exam. You can get a high salary every year for your position as a general."
Zhang Yu doesn't want to deceive them, and then repents that a Mount Tai thief is not worth it.
If he surrenders to Cao Cao, Zhang Yu will not be afraid of it. For hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, Cao Cao has no ability except that he has the ability to settle them.
After some bargaining, Zhang Yan agrees to submit to Zhang Yu. At present, Zhang Yu is not the emperor and cannot be knighted. Zhang Yan asks Zhang Yu to promise them that he will be knighted in the future.
Zhang Yu didn't hesitate about this point. He only gave a dozen generals headed by Zhang Yan the titles. Other people didn't have such treatment, but they would also have heavier rewards.
So, it's done.
"Since they wanted to submit to the king, Cao Jun fled to Mount Tai and wiped them out together." Zhang Yu said to Zhang Yan again.
Zhang Yan wrote back and said, "I've been occupying Mount Tai for a long time. I'm familiar with the vegetation here. I can find them and destroy them in a short time."
The appearance of Taishan thief is a surprise.
With the help of the Taishan bandits, Zhang Yu believes that the attack on Taishan will be much smoother.
When Zhang Yu was busy at the foot of Mount Tai, Cao ang with 200000 troops surrounded 100000 troops from Xuzhou.
The Cao army carefully designed and surrounded the 100000 troops with stratagem.
When Zhang Yu wanted to attack the Cao army in Mount Tai, he received the news.
Cao ang surrounded them on a hill.