Chapter 390 About Ideals

In the heart of the Black Mountains, Yuan Shang looked at the mountains in the distance that were connected on both sides and found that he didn't know how he had survived the past month.

Under the leadership of generals such as Wen Chou and Zhang He, the Jizhou army killed many enemies. However, the Jizhou soldiers were good at cavalry and bows and crossbows and were not well adapted to mountain warfare. They fought back and forth with the Black Mountain Army for the hilltops all day long, which could be said to be using their own weakness to attack the enemy's strength.

Often they would capture it during the day, lose it at night, recapture it at night, and lose it again during the day.

The Jizhou Army has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the daily rations are not a small amount. If they continue to consume like this, it is not certain who will be killed first.

Wen Chou and Zhang He also suggested that this kind of terrain is really not conducive to the deployment of Jizhou soldiers, it would be better to concentrate a little to break into the hinterland of Black Mountain and directly attack their lair.

Pang Ji had suggested this a long time ago, but the key issue now is that there are mountains and forests everywhere, so where can we find a breakthrough?

If we force our way over the mountain and our food supply is cut off by the enemy, we'll have no way back!

Yuan Shang finally understood why Yuan Shao led a large army to defeat the Black Mountain Army that day, but had to retreat. The mountains are eight hundred miles deep, and the deeper you go, the harder it is to fight!

He requested reinforcements from Jizhou. Yuan Shao had already sent two generals, Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang, with thousands of soldiers and horses to reinforce, but they also brought news that made Yuan Shang quite unhappy.

Let Zhang He leave and take a thousand soldiers south to Huaicheng, and wait for Yuan Xi's orders for the time being.

To be honest, Zhang He and his thousand soldiers are irrelevant to the overall situation. Zhang He is good at riding, but he cannot display his skills in Black Mountain. But what makes Yuan Shang dissatisfied is why Yuan Shao still attaches so much importance to Yuan Xi when he has already been adopted?

After letting Zhang He lead his troops away, Yuan Shang called Pang Ji to ask him about it. Pang Ji thought for a long time and said, "Your current position seems to be very stable, but there are still hidden dangers."

"Because the envoy has not expressed his opinion yet, let the young master inherit the Yuan family."

"Although the eldest son is in Qingzhou, he may be transferred back to Jizhou in the future. Although the second son is adopted, he may be adopted back in the future!"

After hearing this, Yuan Shang gritted his teeth and said, "Then my efforts will be in vain, right?"

Pang Ji said, "Sir, please be patient. Things are not that bad. After all, the envoy is indeed biased towards the third young master."

"What the Third Young Master needs to do is to win over people's hearts as quickly as possible, make military achievements, and expand his network of contacts. Otherwise, if he only relies on the favor of the envoy, others will inevitably be dissatisfied."

After hearing this, Yuan Shang nodded and said, "I understand!"

"Call Wen Chou, Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang. From today on, intensify your attack on the Black Mountain Army!"

"Everything depends on Mr. Lai!"

Pang Ji hurriedly said, "Don't worry, sir. I will do my best."

The battle for the central area of ​​Montenegro has once again become fierce. This time, the Jizhou army has finally humbled themselves and learned from Yuan Xi's methods, advancing step by step and steadily.

At the same time, they spared no effort to cut down all the trees on the mountains on both sides of the advance route to prevent a sneak attack by the Montenegrin army.

After a few days of this, the Black Mountain Army gradually could not hold on any longer. While the leader Yu Digen led his men to hold on, he wrote a letter to Zhang Yan in the rear, saying that the situation on the front line was tense and hoped that Zhang Yan could send troops to reinforce.

After receiving the letter, Zhang Yan fell into silence. He was the only one who knew that the Black Mountain Army's food supplies would not last for half a month.

In other words, if the fighting continues, even if the Montenegrin army can survive by eating grass roots and tree bark, they will not be able to stay in Montenegro.

Now he had to consider the previous several retreat routes, but Zhang Yan was still very hesitant about how to choose, so he asked someone to invite Yang Feng.

When Yang Feng came in, Zhang Yan saw that he looked good and couldn't help but marvel inwardly. It's been less than a month, and he has recovered?

The last time Yang Feng escaped, he had a fever and was unconscious for several days. Before he recovered from his injuries, he fought a battle with the fierce tiger at the South Pass, which further injured him. He had to lie down for several days after he came back.

Zhang Yan thought that Yang Feng was seriously injured and would not be able to recover for a year or two. Unexpectedly, in less than a month, Yang Feng was able to move around as usual!

He said, "Has Chief Yang's injury healed?"

Yang Feng clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your concern, General Zhonglang. I am now able to go into battle."

Zhang Yan waved his hand and said, "No hurry, I came here to discuss something with Commander Yang."

He still couldn't suppress his inner curiosity, "Commander Yang recovered so quickly, could it be the secret of the Taiping Qingling Book?"

After hearing this, Yang Feng said calmly, "It is somewhat useful. Breathing techniques can help heal injuries. Feng breathes in and out day and night, and he does recover faster, but that's all."

"And I have already told the General of the Central Army about this breathing method."

Zhang Yan was still not giving up, "Can this alone have such a miraculous effect?"

"I have also been practicing the breathing method Commander Yang taught me day and night, but my results are far inferior to Commander Yang's, both in terms of martial arts and healing my injuries."

"Is there some other immortal method taught by the Heavenly Master that has enabled Commander Yang to achieve such success today?"

Yang Feng's face showed helplessness. "Feng has already told the General of the Central Army that the other records in the Qingling Book are all medical skills, elixirs, and vague theories of heaven and man. They are of no benefit to practicing martial arts and strengthening the body."

"This book has long been damaged. Feng wrote down everything he could remember based on his memory and handed it to the General of the Central Army. The general should be able to understand that there are no omissions in it."

After Yang Feng finished speaking, he saw that Zhang Yan still had some doubt on his face, and knew that the other party did not completely believe him.

It is true that the Taiping Qingling Book is very famous. According to legend, it was given by the immortal Nanhua to the alchemist Yu Ji, who then gave it to the general Zhang Jiao, asking him to re-establish the way of heaven.

Based on the contents of Taiping Qingling Book, Zhang Jue wrote Taiping Jing, founded Taiping Dao, and spread it widely throughout the world.

According to the internal legend of the Yellow Turban Army, the Taiping Jing deleted the content about cultivating immortals and becoming a Taoist in the Qingling book, and retained the way of survival for ordinary people, aiming to save all people in the world.

However, only Zhang Jue knew the real method to become an immortal; even Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao were unaware of it.

Yang Feng naturally scoffed at such incredible rumors.

She was the one who truly understood the inside story, because the Taiping Qingling Book was handed to her by Zhang Jue himself. There was no immortal or alchemist involved. The Taiping Qingling Book was actually written by Zhang Jue himself!

As for the Taiping Jing, it was summarized by Zhang Jiao after he deleted some imperfect ideas from the Taiping Qingling Book. There is not much difference between the two.

But Yang Feng knew that Zhang Yan would never believe these words. She must be suspicious that she had hidden something crucial.

Come to think of it, if I were Zhang Yan, I would be somewhat puzzled. Why is it that Yang Feng, a woman, who has practiced martial arts for a shorter time than Zhang Yan, is catching up in martial arts and has now surpassed Zhang Yan?

Zhang Yan was known as the Flying General in those days, and in fact he benefited from Yang Feng's breathing method. But in the next five or six years, Zhang Yan encountered a bottleneck and his martial arts stopped improving, while Yang Feng seemed to have no obstacles and passed one barrier after another.

Yang Feng sighed in her heart. There were indeed reasons why her martial arts had reached this level today, which were unknown to outsiders. The price she paid was definitely not small.

Because this breathing method was indeed something she kept to herself, telling Zhang Yan about it eliminated some hidden dangers, but the effectiveness was also greatly reduced.

Its real name, Huang Tian Tu Na Fa, has a great impact on the body. It is not in the Taiping Qing Ling book, but was invented by Zhang Jue. This method is extremely damaging to the heart and lungs. Zhang Jue used this method repeatedly, which led to a significant reduction in his life span. As a result, he died shortly after the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Before his death, he specifically told Yang Feng not to pass this method on to others, so Yang Feng has kept it secret until now.

The reason why Yang Feng was able to master this method was that he was young at the time and his body recovered quickly, but in fact the hidden dangers had not been eliminated, and Yang Feng did not know how much of his life had been shortened.

Maybe I can live another few decades, or maybe I will die suddenly tomorrow, who knows?

If she told Zhang Yan the real secret method, given Zhang Yan's age and physical condition, he would most likely die suddenly within a year or two if he practiced it according to the method.

Yang Feng remembered that when Zhang Jiao was alive, he mentioned that when he had not yet perfected the breathing method, he led his army to attack Qingzhou. He met a young man with great potential in the army. Seeing that the young man had excellent talent for martial arts, he taught him this method.

Zhang Jue showed a look of regret and said, "At that time, I didn't know the harm of this breathing method, so I taught him this half-baked method."

"Although I later improved this method and reduced its damage to the body, my disciple left without saying goodbye when he saw that the Yellow Turban Army was out of control, and I never met him again."

"But if he insists on practicing, I'm afraid he will be like me and won't live long."

After Zhang Jue's death, Yang Feng left the Yellow Turban Army and joined the Black Mountain Army. Relying on the elite team he brought from the Yellow Turban Army, he soon became famous.

Later, when the Han court issued an edict of peace, she was the first to submit to the Han court, and she also persuaded Zhang Yan to make the Black Mountain Army a vassal of the Han court as well.

Yang Feng had already realized clearly that ever since the Yellow Turban Army was betrayed when it started the uprising, it was doomed to not survive to the end.

In this world, the Han Dynasty is rotten, but it is not only the Han Dynasty that is rotten, the entire root is rotten.

She couldn't find a way to save the world, so she could only keep the Yellow Turban Army's flame alive and wait for an opportunity to act.

The blue sky is dead, and the yellow sky should be established. She believes that sooner or later someone will inherit Zhang Jue's last wish, overturn the world, and create a bright and beautiful world again.

Over the years, Yang Feng has been keeping an eye out for heroes and heroes in the world, trying to see who has the ability to cleanse the world and save the people. However, after so many years, she has not found a satisfactory candidate.

Most of the aristocratic families in the world respect Confucianism. Although there are also many who worship Huang-Lao Taoism, most of them are just doing it for the sake of occasion. They are only interested in the elixirs and sexual techniques of the Taiping Dao alchemists.

Over the years, Yang Feng felt that the most likely person was Cao Cao.

The Cao family has respected the Huang-Lao doctrine for generations. When Cao Cao himself was the prime minister of Jinan in Qingzhou, he destroyed obscene sacrifices, respected Taoism alone, and won the support of the remnants of the Taiping Dao.

This was a big reason why the Qingzhou soldiers, who rose up from the Yellow Turban Army, were able to defect to Cao Cao.

Therefore, although Yang Feng watched coldly when Cao Cao contacted Zhang Yan and Yang Chou privately, he still supported it privately, so Cao Cao gradually established prestige in the Black Mountain Army.

For the Taiping Dao, Cao Cao should be the best choice among the princes fighting for the world today.

Moreover, Cao Cao was very ambitious. If he could unify the world, he would certainly be able to overthrow the corrupt court. Then, Zhang Jue's last wish would also be fulfilled, right?

But Yang Feng's ideals and his operations in Montenegro were destroyed by an extremely despicable and shameless aristocratic villain.

Under the influence of his rumors, not only did a large number of people from Heishan flee, but even the rumors about him being the Taoist Taiping Daoist became more and more intense, greatly shaking Cao Cao's prestige and the prestige of the Taiping Dao.

Thinking of this, Yang Feng gritted his teeth.

Yuan Xi!

This despicable man not only killed his own brother, but also used rumors to destroy the foundation of the Taiping Dao and falsely claimed to be a real person. This is a great insult to the original intention of establishing the Taiping Dao!

If I were to encounter him, I would definitely do my best to kill him to comfort Zhang Jiao's spirit in heaven!