Cao Ang looked at the cautious Zhang Yan and smiled softly.
"You can sit down if I ask you to. You don't have to show up. I've always been elegant and easy-going."
Seeing Cao Ang's smiling face, Zhang Yan breathed a sigh of relief and sat down safely on her seat, feeling relieved at the same time.
"I asked you to sit down, you really did sit down." Cao Ang looked at Zhang Yan sitting down and said this with a smile.
"Ah? I..." Zhang Yan was really on the verge of crying at this time.
I said I didn't want to sit down, but you insisted on letting me sit down. Now that I'm sitting down, you threaten me again!
After Zhang Yan heard what Cao Ang said, she was so frightened that she hurriedly wanted to stand up.
Upon seeing this, Cao Ang winked at Xiahou Dun, who was sitting next to Zhang Yan.
Xiahou Dun understood the idea and stretched out his hand to push Zhang Yan down on the seat. At the same time, he said with a sneer: "You have already sat down. What's the use of standing up now?"
When Zhang Yan heard this, she felt vaguely inexplicable.
It's just that Xiahou Dun's sense of oppression was so strong that he couldn't think at all.
Since she couldn't stand up, Zhang Yan stopped talking nonsense and slid from her seat to the ground, kneeling on the ground with a plop.
"Major General, please have mercy and spare my life!" Zhang Yan knelt on the ground and begged Cao Ang.
When everyone saw this scene, they all suppressed their laughter.
However, Cao Ang did not hide the smile on his face at all, and said calmly: "Zhang Yan, let me ask you, why do you want to help the two traitors Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan?"
"I..." Zhang Yan was speechless for a moment.
Xu You, who was sitting aside, was extremely embarrassed at this time. After all, he was the one who proposed the idea of letting the Black Mountain Army enter.
Thinking that he had just made a great contribution, Xu You took the initiative to stand up and explain the whole story.
After everyone listened to Xu You's words, they all looked at him with strange expressions.
Xu You was also embarrassed and didn't know what to say.
After listening to Xu You's words, Cao Ang didn't know what to say for a while.
However, Cao Ang soon figured out that Xu You had already come to vote, so naturally what he had done before would not be pursued again.
So Cao Ang said to Xu You: "Uncle Ziyuan, don't worry too much. You worked under Yuan Shao before, so you must do your best for him and everyone is their own master. Naturally, I won't blame you."
Xu You breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
Then, Cao Ang looked at Zhang Yan again: "So, do you think that after I defeat Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan, I will attack you, so you plan to attack first?"
Zhang Yan was shocked when she heard this and said hurriedly: "No, Major General, that's not what I meant. I just want to protect myself."
"Self-protection?" Cao Ang sneered: "Since you want to protect yourself, you should surrender to the court as soon as possible instead of resisting the court with Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan!"
Zhang Yan was so frightened by Cao Ang's words that she broke into cold sweat, and for a moment she even forgot to make excuses for herself.
Now Zhang Yan has only one thought in her heart: It's over, I'm going to die.
Just when Zhang Yan was thinking wildly, Cao Ang spoke again.
"However, it is a bit late for you to surrender now, but it is still a right choice."
As Cao Ang finished speaking, Zhang Yan's thoughts slowly returned to normal.
He looked at Cao Ang, swallowed, and tried to ask: "Major General, are you planning to spare my life?"
"If you come and surrender to the imperial court, the general will naturally spare your life."
Cao Ang looked at Zhang Yan and responded lightly.
Zhang Yan breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.
But before he could be happy, Cao Ang's next words made him nervous again.
"However, after all, you have made mistakes before and caused losses to our army, so punishment is inevitable."
As Cao Ang finished speaking, Zhang Yan breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he was spared his life, that would be easy.
You can keep the green hills without worrying about having no firewood!
"Whatever punishment the young general has, I will accept it gladly." Zhang Yan said respectfully.
Cao Ang knew that to deal with people like Zhang Yan, he had to keep him under his nose at all times, and then erode his power bit by bit.
The Black Mountain refugees, who are said to number in the millions, are not a small number. If they want to be beaten to death with a stick, it is absolutely impossible.
According to Cao Ang's idea, that is to move the refugees in Heishan from Heishan in the north to Julu and other places in the south.
There is less cultivated land in Montenegro, and there is not much wasteland suitable for reclamation. If we cut down trees on the mountain for reclamation, it would be a waste of time.
Moreover, Montenegro was too far away from Cao Ang's sphere of influence, and felt a bit out of reach.
If the other party had any objections, Cao Ang would have no time to react.
Thinking of this, Cao Ang calmly said to Zhang Yan: "My request is actually very simple, that is, you move all your Black Mountain Army to the Dao Julu Generation."
"And, follow the way I teach you, cultivate wasteland, grow food, and be self-sufficient."
"Of course. As compensation, I will give you the position of Julu County Magistrate and ensure that you have enough food and clothing for the rest of your life. How about that?"
According to Cao Ang's idea, it is to make these Montenegrin refugees self-sufficient.
If you have land and food and clothing, who would want to be a refugee?
As for the position of Zhang Yan's Julu County Magistrate, it is completely a decoration.
The top leader of Julu is naturally Julu County Sheriff, and Julu’s army will be in the hands of Julu County Lieutenant.
The county magistrate is said to help the county governor with government affairs and the county lieutenant with military matters, but if neither the county governor nor the county lieutenant wants to see you, then it is just a sinecure.
Zhang Yan knew that he alone could not stop Cao Jun's offensive no matter what.
Previously, Yuan Shao was involved from the front, and he could also provide support from the side.
But now that he has surrendered, Cao Ang has become his only support.
If he goes against his will, then what awaits him will be disaster.
Zhang Yan thought of this, nodded and said: "Yes, everything is subject to the orders of the Major General."
Afterwards, Cao Ang let Zhang Yan leave, asked him to take people back to Montenegro, and began to prevent the migration.
Zhang Yan left Cao Ying feeling relieved.
After returning to the military camp, Zhang Yan immediately organized his troops and began to withdraw the troops. At the same time, he told Cao Ang that he had asked them to move to the Dao Julu area.
For these refugees, life is the same there, but migration is a little more troublesome.
But when they think about being able to have three meals a day and have enough food and clothing in the future, they won't complain so much.
(End of chapter)
