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Zhang Yan stood on a high slope to the east of the city. He clenched his fists as he looked at the chaotic scene under the light of the flames within the camp of the Army of Heishan in the south of the city. He never expected that Yuan Shao would actually dare to send troops out of the city to attack them. Furthermore, he never expected that the temporarily appointed general, Sun Qing, would be so incompetent.

"Damn you Sun Qing, this old man will never forgive you!" Watching Yuan Shao's troops successfully slaughter their way out of the camp, Zhang Yan made a secret decision in his heart, he had no idea that Sun Qing's life was already gone.

"Bo Guixiong, stop comforting me!" He shook his head, and sighed: "This matter, in the end, is still caused by the Army of Heishan's lack of strict drills! After this battle, you must let your subjects properly organize the Army of Heishan! "

Gongsun Zan's mouth gaped open, and for a moment, he didn't know how to persuade Zhang Yan. After all, he felt the same way about this kind of thing, and if it was any general of the Youzhou Army who made such a mistake, his anger would definitely increase tenfold over the current Zhang Yan.

Gongsun Xu and Guo Jia were standing behind the two of them, and at this time, they looked at each other, but had no intention of persuading each other.

"Bo Guixiong, I should go take a look." Zhang Yan cupped his hands towards Gongsun Zan, then turned back and instructed Gongsun Xu, "Your son, follow me."

"Yes sir!" Gongsun Xu bowed and agreed, then followed Zhang Yan down the slope quickly.

"Fei Yanxiong still doesn't get away with it!" Watching Zhang Yan and Gongsun Xu go down the slope, Gongsun Zan sighed with emotion.

When Gongsun Xu and Guo Jia came over earlier, Zhang Yan and Gongsun Zan had already found out about the ambush Yuan Shao's army had made on the Army of Heishan's camp. Zhang Yan thought that Yuan Shao's army would not even reach ten thousand, and Sun Qing and the forty thousand strong army could easily withstand Yuan Shao's sneak attack. If Gongsun Xu were to send troops over to help, even if Gongsun Xu was his foster son, he and Army of Heishan would lose a lot of face. Therefore, not only did Zhang Yan reject Gongsun Xu's suggestion, he also invited him and Guo Jia to watch the battle from the top of the mountains.

However, the development of the situation was completely unexpected for Zhang Yan. Not only did he not quickly defeat the enemy troops, he had allowed them to quickly rush into the depths of the camp and start a fire, causing all 40,000 of them to fall into chaos, causing him to completely lose face.

Guo Jia said in a deep voice, "The Army of Heishan is a mix of good and bad, there's nothing much to say about it. According to the people's words, there's no need to talk about discipline, fighting with the flow of the wind is fine, but once the situation is disadvantageous it will be difficult to turn the tide of the battle!" Zi Minxiong had once told Xiao Xu that after the Army of Heishan had been completely organized, for two hundred thousand soldiers to be able to keep fifty thousand of them was already not bad enough! "

"Hmm?" After Gongsun Zan heard this, he immediately understood the underlying meaning. He asked softly: "Feng Xiao, I did not immediately send troops to help the Army of Heishan, but had Zhao Yun lead troops outside the camp to intercept and ambush the enemy troops. Was it your idea? Actually you want to take the chance and give the Army of Heishan a beating? "

"Father-in-law has sharp eyes, Xiao Xu is extremely impressed!" Guo Jia nodded his head, laughed, and flattered him. He said in a low voice: "Zi Minxiong and Xiao Xu want great efforts from my foster father and Army of Heishan to understand one thing, that is, a motley crowd that has not been trained strictly really cannot be put to good use!"

"So that's how it is," Gongsun Zan stroked his beard and smiled slightly. He was very appreciative of Gongsun Xu and Guo Jia's way of handling things.

Although Zhang Yan would definitely give his full support to the entire plan set up by the Army of Heishan, the various generals of the Army of Heishan s would inevitably be dissatisfied. They would definitely oppose the whole plan, both openly and covertly, in order to protect their own interests.

This time, the Army of Heishan followed the army of Youzhou south, and although in name, they worked together, they did not put in much effort. They only made a few moves in the siege warfare, but did not achieve any obvious results. Even though the attacks of the army of Youzhou were fierce, they were unable to break through the city walls. As a result, many Army of Montenegro thought that the Youzhou Army only had better equipment than them, and did not think that their combat capabilities were much weaker than the Youzhou Army's. They did not think that Cao Cao and his subordinates were that powerful. After all, compared to the famous dukes such as Gongsun Xu, Yuan Shao and Guo Si, Cao Cao Cao could only be considered as a slightly famous junior.

Just now, Gongsun Zan could see clearly from the high ground that the amount of troops Yuan Shao had sent to ambush him was not much, but the forty thousand Army of Montenegro s were all defeated by the enemy, even more than half of the camp was burnt down, one could see that this Army of Heishan who thought highly of himself did not have much of a fighting strength. Gongsun Zan already knew that Zhao Yun was bringing an army of elite cavalry to intercept the enemy army that was coming from outside of the Army of Heishan's camp. Now, he had complete confidence in Zhao Yun, and believed that he could defeat and even annihilate the enemy that was attacking them. As a result, a clear contrast was formed, the 40,000 Army of Heishan s had all been beaten up and the Yuan Shao Army who had defeated them had been taken down easily by Zhao Yun, this action was more than enough to beat down the Army of Montenegro s who were in the wrong position.

Gongsun Zan laughed coldly: "Yuan Benchu actually dares to attack so decisively this time, you truly make this old man look at you in a new light! It's a pity that not only did he not harm our army of Youzhou at all, he even helped us beat him up in a disguised manner.

Guo Jia laughed: "What Father-in-law says is extremely true, but Yuan Benchu definitely thinks that he has achieved a great victory, and will brazenly announce it to boost our morale, if he were to once again instigate the depressed morale, it would be somewhat troublesome."

"Even so, what is there to be afraid of? Hahaha … "Gongsun Xu laughed three times, then reached out his hand to draw a big circle in front of him." Feng Xiao, not to mention a small Qinghe County, old me and my son have a talent like you to support them.

Ever since Gongsun Xu and Liu Yu made a promise on the arena three times, this was the first time Gongsun Zan revealed his wild ambition to others. Now that Cao Cao Cao had suffered a crushing defeat, Yuan Shao had suffered a complete loss, and defeat was just around the corner. Gongsun Zan was extremely excited in his heart, and felt a kind of depression, which was why he said those words to his close future son-in-law, Guo Jia.

Guo Jia cupped his hands and said: "Father-in-law is too kind. Since Father-in-law and Zi Minxiong share a concern for the world, Xiao Xu will definitely do everything he can to help!"

Gongsun Zan stroked his beard with satisfaction and was about to speak when suddenly, a loud noise came from the wilderness south of the city. It was obvious that Zhao Yun had blocked off Yuan Jun's sneak attack.

"Let's go back to camp and wait for the good news!" Gongsun Zan waved his hand, turned and walked down the slope.

Guo Jia quickly followed as he said in a heavy voice, "If Xiao Xu wants to go over and take a look, then I won't be accompanying Father-in-law anymore."

"Do as you please." Gongsun Zan said without turning his head back.

Guo Jia did not immediately go over, he stood on the slope and listened for a long time, only until the sounds of fighting from the south side of the city started to die down, did he finally relax and walked down the slope, bringing over ten guards with him as he rushed towards the south side of the city.

By the time Guo Jia rushed to the Army of Heishan's camp, the fire in the camp had already been extinguished. Zhang Yan's face was extremely gloomy and cold.

In the chaos, there were six to seven thousand Army of Heishan soldiers who died. Many of them did not die in the hands of the enemy, but were burnt to death, or were stepped on and died. The most unfortunate thing was that they were accidentally killed by their comrades. In addition, after Gao Qian led his army out of the army camp, Army of Montenegro was busy with fighting the fire and taking care of the aftermath of the battle. The granary was ignited by a small group of enemy troops, enough to feed 40,000 people for half a month.

Zhang Yan stood in front of the granary that was shrouded in black smoke for a long time without saying a word.

Gongsun Xu advised softly, "Foster father, don't be too sad. This time, Yuan Benchu is only going to win by a small margin when he makes a surprise attack, and is not able to reverse the overall situation on the battlefield."

Zhang Yan sighed, and suddenly said: "My son, Feng Xiao, this old man has decided to begin reorganizing the Army of Heishan tomorrow! "Let's start with this troop. We'll talk about the rest after we return to Boiling City!"

"Foster father, isn't the current arrangement a bit impatient?" Gongsun Xu frowned and asked. After dawn, the army would definitely continue to attack the city. It was not a good time to organize everything.

"Fine, let's do it after the battle!" Zhang Yan hesitated for a while before changing his mind, and said sternly: "After daylight, this old man will personally direct the Army of Heishan to attack the city!"

"Foster father" Gongsun Xu and Guo Jia were shocked, at the same time, they opened their mouths to persuade Zhang Yan. If anything were to happen to him, the alliance between the Youzhou Army and the Army of Heishan would probably experience some huge changes!

"There's no need to persuade me anymore!" Zhang Yan raised his hand to stop the two of them, and said coldly: "My Army of Heishan has experienced hundreds of battles, and yet today, because of that idiot Sun Qing, we have suffered such humiliation. This old man will definitely not tolerate it! The dignity and face that I lost on the battlefield, I will bring the Army of Montenegro s to find on the battlefield! "

Gongsun Xu and Guo Jia were unable to persuade her anymore, and could only agree in silence.

Just then, a scout ran over and shouted from afar: "Reporting to the General, General Zhao Yun has returned victorious, he captured the enemy general alive!"

"High?" Gongsun Xu was startled, but immediately remembered that this person was Yuan Shao's nephew. He was overjoyed, and immediately ordered: "Quickly ask Zi Long to bring Gao Qian over!"