Chapter 91 Nanyang Food Regulation

After the vanguard troops led by Zhou Yu won the victory and entered Zhongmu, Cao Cao personally led the central army to speed up the advance and arrived at the city of Zhongmu the next day. The other county magistrates also pulled up camps and raised troops, leading their troops to follow Cao Cao's central army and headed towards Zhongmu in a mighty manner.

For a moment, from the official road from Sour Jujube to Zhongmu, flags covered the sun, people shouted and neighed, and the rolling army stepped on the dust all over the ground, like a huge yellow dragon slowly advancing on the vast Central Plains.

Zhou Yu led a group of generals and generals to welcome Cao Cao and his group into the county government.

"Haha~" Cao Cao held Zhou Yu's hand and laughed loudly. Although he was short, he looked majestic. "Gongjin, Gongjin, I didn't expect that you would defeat Zhang Ji's five thousand Xiyuan army by leading only two thousand men. It really made me look at him with admiration."

Zhou Yu smiled humbly and replied, "It's all the soldiers who use their lives." After that, Zhou Yu pointed at the war generals standing behind Cao Cao and asked, "Meng De, these people should be your capable generals."

Cao Cao introduced several of his generals to Zhou Yu one by one.

The strong young man was named Cao Ren, who was Cao Cao's cousin, named Zixiao. He was only 22 years old. He was a teenager and was very good at hunting horses and horses when he was young. He heard that Cao Cao raised an army, and he joined Cao Hong with more than a thousand people to Cao Cao's army.

The young man on the left of Cao Ren was named Cao Hong, who was Cao Cao's consul, and his courtesy name was Zilian. He was brave and led his troops to Cao Cao together with Cao Ren.

The one on the right side of Cao Ren is tall and stout, like an iron tower, with a strong face. His name is Xiahou Dun, whose courtesy name is Yuanrang, and he is a brother of Cao Cao.

There was a man standing behind Xiahou Dun, with a taller and stronger figure than Xiahou Dun. He looked like a powerful general. His name was Xiahou Yuan, and his courtesy name was Miaocai. He was the clan brother of Xiahou Dun. He was strong and very brave.

These are all military generals of the Three Kingdoms. Zhou Yu had seen them one by one, and after a few greetings, he introduced Gan Ning, Zang Ba, Wang Yue, Zhou Tai, Gao Shun and others to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao kept praising Zhou Yu's generals who were brave and good at fighting. Zhou Yu also did not forget to praise Cao Cao's brothers of the same clan for being brave and strong. The two of them praised each other and were happy.

Cao Cao suddenly said seriously: "Gongjin, now the army of the Sourjuana army has already arrived in Zhongmu when you see your army win. Everyone's eyes are looking at us. Zhongmu has come down, and the important city is Xingyang in front of him. After years of construction, Xingyang has high and thick walls, and it is very difficult to attack the city."

Zhou Yu replied confidently: "No matter how strong the city is, there are weak places. Yu's troops set off immediately in the afternoon!"

"Haha~" Cao Cao waved his hand quickly and said, "Gongjin's troops have already gone through the battle formation, and they must be tired and need rest. Since our troops have arrived in Zhongmu, since we are currently attacking Xingyang, your troops will take a rest for a few days before following."

"This..." Zhou Yu knew in his heart that Cao Cao saw that he was easy to win, so he thought that he was underestimating the enemy and wanted to make military achievements. Although Cao Cao in history was a hero of a generation and had many victories, he was a first-class battle after all, and had no experience. He would definitely have a proud and reckless mentality.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yu did not argue much and nodded in agreement.

"Haha~ OK!" Cao Cao immediately ordered: "Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun, please lead two of you to lead two thousand men to set out immediately and set up a camp twenty miles away from Xingyang. Remember not to attack easily. The main task is to spy on the enemy's situation."

"As for your order!" Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun responded loudly, turned around and left.

Outside Zhongmu City, Zhou Yu’s Central Army Pontificate.

Zhou Yu was carefully checking the map before the case, and Chen Gong picked up the cowhide tent cloth and walked in.

Seeing that it was Chen Gong, Zhou Yu hurriedly stood up and said, "Uncle Chen, you are here."

Chen Gong nodded and replied, "You have sent someone to your hometown to send your family to your hometown. I am now alone and relaxed. And I have wanted to resign from this Zhongmu County Magistrate. I have already hung the seal of the county magistrate in the county munition. From now on, I will live in the military camp like you."

Zhou Yu grinned his teeth and said, "That's good. It will be much more convenient to learn from you in the future."

Chen Gong approached Zhou Yu, looked at the silk map spread on the table, and asked in surprise: "This is a military map used by the Central Imperial Guard. Where did you get it?"

Zhou Yu smiled and replied, "Of course I bought it."

"Oh..." Chen Gong nodded without comment and said, "The mountains, rivers and rivers on this map are depicted very clearly. With it, planning a battle is like adding wings to the tiger."

Zhou Yu nodded and said, "That's true. According to the information obtained by our scouts, Dong Min, the general under Dong Zhuo, was stationed in Xingyang. He was cruel by nature, brave and courageous in combat but quite strategic. He was much stronger than Zhang Ji, so we should not underestimate it."

Chen Gong looked at the map carefully and replied: "Don't underestimate any enemy, otherwise you will make mistakes. This is an important criterion. How many people do they have?"

"According to the prisoners' instructions, there are 10,000 Xiyuan troops, 5,000 Xiliang cavalry, and 5,000 original defenders. It is estimated that Zhang Ji also fled back to Xingyang after he was defeated. With his remaining troops, there are more than 20,000 people." Zhou Yu stood up and brewed a cup of tea for Chen Gong, and said.

"It's indeed a hard bone, it's not easy to chew." Chen Gong frowned slightly.

"Only the snake is drawn out of the hole..." Zhou Yu pondered, his fingers wandering on the map, and finally put his index finger heavily on a point on the map, and said resolutely: "It's here!"

Chen Gong turned around and saw three words written on Zhou Yu’s index finger: “Niukouxia”.

Jingzhou, Nanyang County.

Sun Jian's army had a total of more than 25,000 people, and was moving northward in a mighty manner.

Sun Ce led dozens of personal soldiers to whip the horses and ran southwest day and night, and met Sun Jian's army in Nanyang.

When the father and son met, they were greeted with affection.

Sun Ce told Sun Jian the details of the Sour Jujube Alliance. Sun Jian couldn't help but be overjoyed and said to Sun Ce: "Fifteen people all fought against Dong Zhuo, why worry about not being able to destroy this old thief? Haha~"

Sun Ce also looked determined and said to Sun Jian: "General Yuan Shao is commanding on the North Road, Cao Cao is commanding the West Road, and the South Road is up to us! I am willing to help my father be the first to enter Luoyang City!"

"Okay!" Sun Jian shouted loudly, his eyes full of appreciation. He was very happy that Youzi was so brave.

In a day, Sun Jian's army arrived near Wancheng, the capital of Nanyang County, and looked at the tall city walls of Wancheng from afar. Sun Jian ordered his army to go to the Sima of the army to submit documents to the Nanyang Prefect and asked him to supply military rations.

Nanyang, the prefect's mansion.

Nanyang Prefect Zhang Zi was full of wine and meals, humming a small song, and lay down on the couch. A pretty maid was rubbing his legs gently on his side.

Zhang Zi, whose courtesy name was Ziyi, was born in a literati family and had a little knowledge. After Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, in order to win people's hearts and consolidate his status, he made some special gestures to bureaucratic literati. Among them, he was rehabilitated by Dou Wu and Chen Fan, appointed Han Fu as the governor of Jizhou, and Zhang Zi as the prefect of Nanyang.

When he arrived in such a wealthy place in Nanyang, Zhang Zi was satisfied. In addition to simply handling official duties, he enjoyed drinking and writing poetry. He often got drunk with a group of friends and was also more dissolute in life. He liked to let young and beautiful maids serve him.

"Report~~" The guards of the prefect's office presented Sun Jian's official documents to Zhang Zi.

Zhang Zi was enjoying a pleasant time. He couldn't help frowning when he heard this. When he glanced at the prefect's chief minister rushed over, he had to let the maid go. He then got up and sat down, coughed lightly, took Sun Jian's official document, started reading, his brows tightened even more, and said to the chief minister: "This Sun Jian actually came to me to ask for food and grass. How should we correspond?"

The chief minister bowed and said, "I just got the news and rushed to report it. Sun Jian is the only prefect of Changsha. He is arrogant and impermanent. He is the superior and kills the governor Wang Rui. We must not have anything to do with such a traitor."

Zhang Zi pondered for a moment and said, "After that being said,... Sun Jian is a vicious person, and his subordinates are all powerful soldiers and should not be offended easily. If you annoy him..."

The chief minister understood that Zhang Zi was afraid that he would follow Wang Rui's footsteps, so he persuaded: "The walls of Wancheng are high and deep, with 10,000 elite soldiers, complete military equipment and sufficient food and grass. How could it be so easy to be broken? You don't have to worry too much."

Like Wang Rui, Zhang Zi both claimed to be a scholar. He looked down on military generals like Sun Jian who had a military background. After hearing what the Chief Shi said, he calmed down and threw Sun Jian’s official documents aside, saying to the Chief Shi: "Tell me the order, the whole city is on guard against Sun Jian’s attack!" After that, Zhang Zi closed his eyes slightly and continued to immerse himself in the artistic conception of the song.

Sun Jian’s camp, the central army’s tent.

With a loud "bang", Sun Jian slapped the table table suddenly, shaking the water cup on the table table into the air and falling to the ground.

"Damn... Zhang Zi is really hateful!" Sun Jian's angrily face was filled with anger.
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