The Three Kingdoms began with self-reliance as king

Chapter 167
The shadow of Dou Jiang's disastrous defeat hangs over the hearts of Zhang Yan and others.

For the next few days.

No matter how the Han army shouted, abused, and ridiculed.

Zhang Yandu ordered his soldiers to guard the city and avoid fighting.

Regret mixed in his heart.

For him, who was already at a disadvantage in the battle situation, the matter of fighting generals would be like adding insult to injury.

Of course, he also knew that it wasn't all Zheng Yi's fault.

Because Zheng Yi once made two suggestions, and advocated a long-term confrontation with Huangfusong.

Wait for them to break through or wait for them to show up, and then try to defeat Huangfusong.

It's a pity that he was eager to prove that he didn't adopt this suggestion, and chose the more immediate method of fighting generals.

Who would have thought that they would fight like this in the end.

Even in the process of fighting for generals, if he followed Zheng Yi's advice and retreated in time, he would not have fallen into this situation.

It was he who personally buried the lives of Liu Shi and other soldiers, but it was too late to regret.

Fortunately, although the loss was heavy, it was barely acceptable.

In terms of military strength, they still had the advantage, and Huangfusong only dared to besiege the city and dare not attack by force.

Rao is so.

Zhang Yan, who was huddled in the city, was still extremely depressed.

I often drink to relieve my sorrows, and my will is much lower than before.

He was very unwilling.

Why was Liu Yi able to win again and again, defeating Huangfusong and fleeing in embarrassment.

But when it came to him, it was a series of victories, which made him lose his temper.

Could it be that he is really worse than Liu Yi?

As soon as this idea came into being, it was killed by Zhang Yan in the cradle.

He didn't want to accept that he was inferior to Liu Yi.

Maybe he was just unlucky, not inferior to Liu Yi.

He also thought that he would only be himself, and he would not have troubles if he didn't compare himself.

Liu Yi is Liu Yi, Zhang Yan is Zhang Yan, as long as you are yourself.

However, the two overlapped too much.

They are also one of the two largest forces in Montenegro, and they are both facing Huangfusong's conquest.

However, the performance and results of the two were very different, which made it impossible for him not to compare himself with Liu Yi.

The more he compares, the more troubled he feels, and the more troubled he is, the more he can't help but drink more.

The whole person seems to have entered a dead end and fell into a vicious circle.

Zheng Yi blamed himself in his heart, seeing that Zhang Yan was in a bad mood, he comforted him aloud:
"It's all to blame that Yi shouldn't bring up the matter of fighting generals.

Now that the matter has come to this point, I hope the general will cheer up soon.

Although old Huangfusong is not someone who is underestimated, it is not difficult to defeat him..."

Hearing this, Zhang Yan's eyes lit up.

"how do I say this?"

Seeing Zhang Yan's question, Zheng Yi secretly glanced at Zhang Yan's expression, feeling a little embarrassed.

Afraid of making him unhappy again.

But right now there is really no better way, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say:

"Huangfu Song is Ma Yuanyi's defeated general. If the general joins forces with him, Huangfu Song will be defeated just around the corner!"

as predicted.

Seeing Zheng Yi mentioning Liu Yi, Zhang Yan was immediately annoyed.

Huangfusong is Liu Yi's defeated general, and he is Huangfusong's defeated general.

Isn't this a joke that he is far inferior to Liu Yi?
He looked unhappy and said:

"I don't need outsiders to intervene in the affairs of my Montenegro Army.

Huangfu's old man is only mediocre, Yunfei doesn't need to build up other people's ambitions, and destroy his own prestige! "

Zheng Yi knew what Zhang Yan was thinking.

He really didn't want to see the soldiers causing more casualties, so he took a deep breath and said in a serious voice:
"General, don't be arrogant!

Right now we urgently need a victory to stabilize the morale of the army, otherwise the general spends a lot of energy lobbying the integrated forces, I'm afraid he will have other ideas. "

Will the soldiers have other ideas?

Hearing this, Zhang Yan suddenly woke up in her heart.

Instantly comprehended the implication behind Zheng Yi's words.

He began to reflect on himself.

A few months ago, he was just the leader of a small faction.

If Zhang Niujiao hadn't made tens of thousands of soldiers follow him, his strength would not have grown so quickly.

It is even more impossible to integrate so many large and small forces.

In a short period of time, he became the leader promoted by everyone, and he admitted that he was indeed a little swollen.

At present, Liu Shi and others who led the troops to join him have all died in battle, and it is indeed possible that his subordinates have other ideas.

They can choose to rely on themselves, and naturally they can also choose to rely on Liu Yi and other options.

Zheng Yi's words awakened the dreamer.

Liu Yi won consecutive battles, and they lost consecutive battles.

If he were those soldiers, it would not be difficult to make a choice.

Zhang Yan cheered up immediately.

Compared to the blow to morale that avoids fighting, they really need a victory to stabilize the morale of the army.

He looked at Zheng Yi's arms with the last glimmer of hope and said:

"The big and small forces in Montenegro are lingering, can't we unite with other people?"

Zheng Yi knew that Zhang Yan was still a little angry, and he didn't want to be compared to Liu Yi.

Hastily advised:

"General, don't be arrogant!
Throughout Montenegro, only Ma Yuanyi has the strength to defeat Huangfusong.

The rest of the people are all mediocre, so it doesn't make much sense to join forces.

Our army has been defeated for a long time, and many brothers have given up. We must win a big victory to stabilize the morale of the army.

Therefore, the forces we want to unite must be Ma Yuanyi! "

Seeing Zheng Yi's burning eyes and firm tone.

Zhang Yan knew what Zheng Yi said was true.

On the surface they are looking for alliances, but in fact they want to ask others, it depends on the face of others.

Letting herself ask Liu Yi for help, Zhang Yan was really embarrassed.

ponder for a moment.

Zhang Yan let out a long sigh.

No matter how arrogant you are, you have to bow to reality.

He said in a lonely tone:

"Yunfei is known for his eloquence, so I will take this handwritten letter with you."

"The mission is fulfilled!"

Zheng Yijian finally convinced Zhang Yan to let out a long sigh of relief.

He has long thought about the idea of ​​uniting Liu Yi to fight against Huangfusong.

Compared with the first two ideas he mentioned, he feels that this idea can maximize the victory at the least cost.

It's just that the previous Zhang Yan wanted to compete with Liu Yi, and he was full of self-esteem and arrogance.

He was very resistant to others mentioning Liu Yi in front of him. Zheng Yi didn't want to make fun of himself, so the idea of ​​uniting with Liu Yi was always hidden in his heart.

Things are different now.

After this setback, it would be easier for Zhang Yan to listen to his suggestion, so he brought up this idea again.

Received a handwritten letter from Zhang Yan.

Zheng Yi immediately left for Yixing City to ask Liu Yi.

After being received by Liu Yi, Zheng Yi respectfully presented Zhang Yan's letter to Liu Yi.

The latter took the letter and did not reply directly, but ordered Zheng Yi to take a rest.

After he finished discussing with his subordinates, he would reply to Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yi had no choice but to rest temporarily, waiting for Liu Yi's further summons.

……

Yixing City, in the meeting hall.

Everyone sat down one by one.

After reading Zhang Yan's handwritten letter, Liu Yi remained silent and showed no mood swings.

"My lord, what did Zhang Yan's letter say?"

Pei Yuanshao asked curiously.

Although everyone didn't speak, their expressions were the same as his.

Liu Yi put the letter aside.

With a faint smile, he said to everyone:

"Zhang Yan sent a letter to join forces with us to attack Huangfusong."

Hearing this, Zhou Cang and others immediately discussed:
"My lord, don't send troops!
Zhang Yan's wolfish and ambitious generation should politely refuse to let him fend for himself. "

"Yes! Zhang Yan has been doing a lot lately, secretly competing with us.

The lord is now kind enough to send troops to help him.

If we can't guarantee that he will stab us in the future, isn't that making us feel uncomfortable! "

"Just let Huangfusong kill him directly!

At that time, it will be convenient for us to integrate the forces of Montenegro..."

(End of this chapter)