C417 (2/2)

As the sky darkened, they came to the borders of Hedong County Ze County. This county was located in the Five Elements Mountain Area. The officials of the Hedong County had long lost control of the county, and there were several Army of Montenegro s active there. Since there was no other way, Yang Lin had to take the risk and pass through Ozawa County at night.

When the group passed by a dangerous valley, Yang Lin was afraid of being ambushed, and just as he was about to send his troops to scout out the place, suddenly, an innumerable amount of villagers poured out from both sides of the mountain. Some of them held blades, some held spears, and some even held wooden sticks. Of course, most of them held bows and arrows, while Arrows s had already strung their bowstrings and were facing Yang Lin's cavalry.

The reason they were called mountain people was because their clothes were tattered and they had all sorts of weapons, just like the Army of Montenegro back then. Although they had intercepted the cavalry of Youzhou, they did not attack. It seemed like they did not want to be enemies with the cavalry of Youzhou.

At that moment, a rider came running across the valley. It was a tall and sturdy man, wearing the black short suit that servants usually wore. At a glance, it was obvious that he was a servant. He sized up Yang Lin and the riders behind him with a surprised expression. He cupped his hands together and asked loudly: ”Which mountain are you from? Why did you come to our territory? ”

”We are from cavalry of Youzhou. We were passing by.” From the big size man's surprised eyes, Yang Lin knew that he wouldn't be able to hide it. Such excellent preparation wasn't something that Zhang Tie's bandits could have. Yang Lin did not want to reveal himself, so he summoned Taishi Ci out. He pointed at Taishi Ci and said loudly: ”This is our commander, Master Taishi Ci. Why are you blocking our way?”

”I guess you guys are soldiers too. Those black bandit s don't have such excellent equipment like you.” The man actually revealed a smiling face and said loudly: ”My name is Zhang Shun, the head of the servant from Master Zhang is here to guard against black bandit from robbing our village.”

Once he heard Zhang Shun call the Army of Montenegro a black bandit, Yang Lin also heaved a sigh of relief. In this mountain range that stretched for thousands of miles, he was truly afraid of running into Army of Montenegro. His own cavalrymen could traverse the plains, but the mountains were the domain of the Army of Montenegro.

”Bighead, we just met Dong Zhuo's cavalry, we fought in a hurry, and some of them were injured, and we haven't eaten for a day, can you help us treat our wounded soldiers and get some food for us?”

Since Zhang Fu was able to establish a foothold in the mountains, his family situation should be pretty good. It shouldn't be difficult for him to arrange for several thousand people to eat. Yang Lin also wanted to know this Master Zhang and see if he could solve this problem of his.

”Ladies and gentlemen, please wait for a moment. I will go and request for instructions from the Master Zhang.” Zhang Shun did not dare treat this as a home, he cupped his hands towards Yang Lin and Yang Lin and rode his horse back. He waved to the mountain people, who had been lying in ambush, and they came down the hill.

After around two hours, Zhang Shun rode a fat middle-aged man over. When they met, he immediately jumped down from his horse and bowed respectfully to Taishi Ci, while cupping his hands in respect to Yang Lin and the other generals.

Taishi Ci was slightly embarrassed, but under Yang Lin's encouraging gaze, he still started to chat with Master Zhang. However, with Yang Lin by his side, he was not used to having him as the main general. From time to time, he would even take a peek at Yang Lin.

Master Zhang very happily invited cavalry of Youzhou to his villa to rest, and also agreed to take care of the food for the cavalry of Youzhou. He also conveniently said: ”It's so good that you all came … This year's harvest was not good, and it was not easy for the people to survive. However, the Army of Montenegro did not dare to rob outside the mountains, but only rob in the mountains. Our manpower is limited, please save your fellow villagers in Ozawa County.

It turned out that ever since the cavalry of Youzhou had moved into the Jizhou's Zhongshan, Changshan, State of Zhao, Giant Deer, and Tai Yuan factions, the Army of Montenegro didn't dare to leave the mountain to rob and rob all the counties in the mountain area. They specialized in robbing and robbing homes in these places, killing and arson, committing all sorts of crimes. They were no different from bandits, and many of them were originally bandits.

The government officials, Wealthy Classes, Scholars and Squire of Zhe County had also organized draft soldier and fought with them many times. However, these draft soldier s were not the opponent of these Army of Montenegro s and were often beaten to the point of fleeing in a sorry state. Not long after, these draft soldier became their own Army of Montenegro.

Zhang Fu was the tycoon of Oze Valley County. In order to protect his own property, he had no choice but to bring along a group of people to become the number one tycoon in Oze Valley. Different from the Army of Montenegro, he did not take the initiative to rob others, but chose to protect himself instead.

Seeing the well-equipped and mighty cavalry of Youzhou, Zhang Fu was immediately overjoyed. He had always wanted to get the protection of the officials and army, but now that the cavalry of Youzhou had come looking for him, he could ask Taishi Ci to help him eliminate these Army of Montenegro s.

Hearing that his fellow villagers had met with calamity, Taishi Ci felt very uncomfortable, and wished that he could immediately eliminate these Army of Montenegro s. But he knew clearly in his heart that the army behind him was the hussar general. Without his consent, how could he agree so easily?

”Lord Commander, protecting our fellow villagers is our cavalry of Youzhou's responsibility. We are going to join them anyway, so it's a good chance for us to kill all of them.” Yang Lin saw the hesitation in Taishi Ci's eyes, but he wanted to take this opportunity to subdue Zhang Fu so that he could deal with the Army of Montenegro in the future. Furthermore, with Zhang Fu's help, defeating the Army of Montenegro would not be a difficult task.

”Very well, we will rest for a few days at your manor. If the Army of Montenegro invades, we will eliminate them. ” Taishi Ci did not want to cause too much trouble, and seeing that Yang Lin had already agreed, he spoke without hesitation. Master Zhang, how many draft soldier s do you have? ”