Chapter 215: Nanyang Encounter

Jiuhua tent is quiet late at night, and the anti-soul incense descends on the soul of the lady. ---------Tang Dynasty. Bai Juyi

"Mrs. Li - Jian Huan Confusion"

It is said that since the unification of Jingzhou, Jingzhou has raised soldiers and strengthened soldiers, stabilized border defense, lightly punished small endowments, recruited displaced people, reclaimed wasteland, advocated education, developed science and technology, and was politically clear and progressive. Therefore, the people's lives are gradually lifted out of poverty and stabilized, and the people are at ease, and the scholars are gradually restrained, and they do not dare to be too arrogant in Jingzhou.

Under this favorable situation, as Chen Long moved the administrative office to Xiangyang, the strategic center of gravity shifted northward, and internal affairs officials such as Jiang Wan and Li Shu also moved their families to Xiangyang, and Lingling Taishou was handed over to Huang An, the father of Huang Gai, as the agent. Under the rule of Jingzhou, it was really rich and prosperous, in addition to the increase in population, Jingzhou's taxes also increased significantly, compared with the Lingling period rose by an order of magnitude, and because of the inevitable war, Chen Long still circled a lot of military spending, most of which was used for the water army, ready to control the Yangtze River, the Han River two golden waterways, do a lot of water transportation business, crack down on water bandits and river bandits, and bring great profit growth to the entire Jingzhou.

When Jingzhou's fortune was thriving, Chen Long bid farewell to his beautiful wife, and only took Tong Feifei and dozens of guards to the north, nominally to Chang'an to face St. Shan'en, but in fact to pick up Cai Yan, who was pregnant with Liujia. As for what Cai Yan would think, Chen Long didn't know at all, and just wanted to tell his heartfelt feelings in person.

The Han Dynasty Jingzhou Mu, Nanxiang Hou Chen Long, the crotch flying dragon like snow, the saddle of the beautiful man like a dragon, with a special saber hanging from the waist, the glamorous Tong Feifei on the side riding a small jujube red horse with him, Zhou Cang behind the back of the gentian bright silver gun, a group of people and horses are galloping, quite high-profile, straight to the passers-by, I don't know which son's beautiful family? It's really enviable.

Heading north from Fancheng, Chen Long's first destination was Wancheng. Everyone is right, it is indeed Wancheng, Chen Long is to thank Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu for agreeing to send troops to suppress Zhang Yun last time, and of course it is also to test Jia Xu's heart.

Wancheng has been an important town since ancient times, controlling the throat of Luoyang and Xuchang's land march, and the place where Cao Cao and Yuan Shu must fight in the official history is also very close to Luoyang and Xuchang. Cao Cao also suffered the defeat of Shuishui, and his eldest son Cao Ang, nephew Cao Anmin, and general Dian Wei were all killed by Zhang Xiu. "Shuowen Jie Zi" explains the word Wan, "Wan, Qu Cao self-covering", which means "the four directions are high and the center is lower", which is in line with the geomorphological characteristics of the basin surrounded by mountains in the west, north and east of Nanyang, and the middle of the low flat; "Grass self-covering" is covered with grass, and the vegetation is verdant. At the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period, the state of Chu in the south became stronger and stronger, and successively annexed the states of the Han River basin to the north, and the two countries of Lü and Shen were also destroyed by King Wen of Chu. After the state of Chu occupied this land, which had both fertile fields and beautiful soils and the convenience of rivers, it built Wanyi here as a base for winning the Central Plains. This is where the name of Wan begins. Subsequently, Wanyou domain name evolved into today's important town "Wancheng".

The layout of Zhang Ning's spy department north of the Yangtze River basically covers important towns, Wancheng also has outlets, and its intelligence capabilities are acceptable, so Chen Long has a grasp of Wancheng's troop deployment. But Jia Xu's resourcefulness is also unfathomable, so it must not expose the outlets, and it is difficult to guess Jia Xu's heart.

Jia Xu's selfish attributes are certain, and his self-protection is also very good, Chen Long has always felt that Jia Xu is jealous of himself, I don't know if it's a delusion. Jia Xu has always left room for matters involving Chen Long, but it is an indisputable fact, and in the matter of Chen Long and Liu Biao's competition for Jingzhou, he has helped Chen Long a lot.

Chen Long and his entourage went north along the post road, and gradually got out of Jingzhou territory, the road was slightly barren, but no one came to provoke them. Looking at the people's livelihood, the more you go north, the less people you see, and even the roads are not very smooth. Fortunately, they are all sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes who are martial arts, and they are not afraid of bumps.

When he arrived in Xinye County on this day, Chen Long remembered that he was stationed in Xinye that day and insisted on going into the city to take a look. Xinye City is a small place, but the people are simple and comfortable, and there is a militia group responsible for law and order. I heard that it was Jingzhou Mu Chen Long, and the people who had heard of the prestige earlier, came to watch along the street, and there were also people who came to see the pot pulp.

Chen Long remembered Liu Bei's defection to Liu Biao in the official history, and the people of Xinye believed in Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness and were willing to follow him to flee south. With such a good opportunity, he also wants to perform and steal Liu Bei's limelight. So he interacted with the people in a high-profile manner, and also won a lot of applause. At this point, in the hearts of the people, with the indelible shadow of Long Chen, they will no longer be disgusted with the future garrison of the Qinglong Army, which is not to be mentioned later.

Between Xinye and Wancheng, there is no important town, two days later, Chen Long sent a few former envoys, first to Wancheng to report the news, when the carriage and horses arrived at the gate of Wancheng, only to see the road martial law, the roadside neatly sent two columns of soldiers, a tiger general in the banner exhibition, behind the forest are all generals, but Zhang Xiu personally came to welcome.

Zhang Xiu nominally belongs to Yuan Shu's forces, but in fact it is a system of its own, and Jia Xu chose Zhang Xiu for his own reasons. When Chen Long looked carefully, he saw that Zhang Xiu looked quite delicate, with a white face and a slight beard, a tall figure, wearing the uniform of the Han Dynasty county guard, and he was also majestic. The person behind him is quietly independent, gray Confucian clothes, with a towering forehead, deep eyes, and long hair, it is Jia Xu Jia Wenhe.

Zhang Xiu was the nephew of the former hussar general Zhang Ji. When Bian Zhang and Han Sui were in rebellion in Liangzhou, Jincheng's Lu Sheng attacked and killed Zu Li Chang Liu Jun. Zhang Xiu was a county official at the time, and soon looked for an opportunity to assassinate Lu Sheng, and the people in the county thought that he was very righteous, so Zhang Xiu recruited a young man and became a local hero.

After Dong Zhuo was killed by Lu Bu in the official history, Zhang Ji, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others attacked Chang'an to avenge Dong Zhuo. Zhang Xiu followed Zhang Ji and was promoted to General Jianzhong with military merits and was named Marquis Xuanwei. Later, due to the lack of food in the army, Zhang Ji led troops from Guanzhong into the Jingzhou border, fought with Liu Biao, attacked the city, and died in the middle of the arrow. Zhang Xiu took over his troops and withdrew from the city. Jingzhou officials congratulated Liu Biao after learning about it. Liu Biao said: "Zhang Ji came to the end of the road, but I, as the master, was so rude, this is not my intention, so I am only condoled and not congratulated." After that, Liu Biao sent people to lure the rest of Zhang Ji's troops, and all of them were overjoyed when they heard the news, and they all obeyed. Liu Biao then arranged for Zhang Xiu to garrison troops in Wancheng, and Zhang Xiu became Liu Biao's vassal force in the north to defend him against foreign enemies.

Later, Cao Cao's southern expedition, the troops reached Wancheng Shuishui, and Zhang Xiu led the people to surrender. Cao Cao did not change his mind and stole Zhang Ji's widow, Mrs. Zou, and Zhang Xiu held a grudge because of this. Cao Cao was originally a very suspicious person, and when he heard that Zhang Xiu was unhappy, he secretly prepared to kill Zhang Xiu. As a result, the plan was leaked, Zhang Xiu raised troops to attack Cao Cao, Cao Cao was defeated and fled, his eldest son Cao Ang and nephew Cao Anmin were killed, and the fierce general Dian Wei was killed. Zhang Xiu led his troops in pursuit, but was repelled by Cao Cao, so Zhang Xiu retreated to defend the city and allied with Liu Biao again.

Cao Cao once again marched south against Zhang Xiu and surrounded the city that Zhang Xiu was defending. Soon, Cao Cao heard that Yuan Shao wanted to take advantage of the attack to capture Xudu, so he immediately retreated from the city. Zhang Xiu led his troops to follow the pursuit, and Liu Biao also sent the Jingzhou army to occupy Anzhong, cut off the retreat of Cao's army, and tried to attack Cao's army with Zhang Xiu. After Cao's army was victorious, they quickly retreated north. Zhang Xiu personally led his troops to pursue, but Jia Xu dissuaded: "Don't chase, you will be defeated." Zhang Xiu didn't listen, forcibly pursued, and was defeated by Cao Cao himself. Jia Xu said to Zhang Xiu at this time: "Hurry up and chase again, you will definitely win." Zhang Xiu said: "I didn't listen to your advice to get to this point, and now I've been defeated, why do you want to chase it again?" Jia Xu said: "The situation has changed, hurry up and chase to make a profit." Zhang Xiu followed Jia Xu's advice, collected stragglers, and then pursued, and actually defeated Cao Cao's rearguard troops.

After the victory, Zhang Xiu asked Jia Xu what was going on, and Jia Xu explained: "This truth is easy to understand. Although the general is good at using soldiers, he is by no means Cao Gong's opponent. Cao Jun has just withdrawn, Cao Gong must be the queen in person, although our pursuers are fine, but the generals can't compare to them, and their soldiers are still very morale, so I know that you will be defeated, general. The reason why Cao Cao withdrew his troops before he tried his best must have something wrong in the rear, so after breaking the general's pursuit, he will definitely retreat with all his strength, leaving others to break the queen, although the generals he left behind are powerful, they are not as good as the generals, so I know that the generals can win with defeated troops. Zhang Xiu was greatly impressed.

As Cao Cao became stronger and stronger, Zhang Xiu followed Jia Xu's advice and surrendered to Cao Cao again. After Zhang Xiu arrived, Cao Cao took Zhang Xiu's hand and attended the banquet together, married Zhang Xiu's daughter for his son Cao Jun, and named Zhang Xiu as the general of Yangwu.

During the Battle of Guandu, Zhang Xiu participated in the battle and made meritorious contributions, and was promoted to the rank of Poqiang general. Later, Zhang Xiu followed Cao Cao to defeat Yuan Tan in Nanpi, and increased the food again, a total of 2,000 households, at that time, the world's household registration decreased sharply, and only one household was left out of ten, and the generals did not reach 1,000 households, but Zhang Xiu was particularly many.

Before Zhang Xiu's death, he followed Cao Cao to Liucheng to conquer Wuhuan, but died before he arrived, and was named the Marquis of Ding, and his son Zhang Quan succeeded him. It is also recorded that Cao Pi was extremely dissatisfied with Zhang Xiu because of Cao Ang's death in battle, saying: "You killed my brother, what face do you have to meet people!" Zhang Xiu was uneasy and committed suicide. It can also be said that Jia Xu surrendered for himself, regardless of Zhang Xiu's life or death, and he was indeed selfish.

The information flashed in his brain, Chen Long and the others had already approached, Zhang Xiu saw Tong Feifei in brocade clothes and angry horses beside Chen Long, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Senior sister! Where did you come from? How is Master?"

forgot to give up with Chen Long, and flew directly to Tong Fei. Chen Long was a little embarrassed, so he had to laugh and give up his hand to Jia Xu, and the brief greeting was over, Chen Long especially noticed that there was a big man behind Jia Xu, although he was in civilian clothes, he still showed his unusually thick arms, showing explosive strength. There are not many people who can give Chen Long a danger signal, this big man is one of them, Jia Xu saw Chen Long looking at the big man, and said with a smile: "Nanxiang Hou, this is Hu Che'er, a general under General Zhang." That Hu Che'er arched his hand slightly, and there was no respect in his eyes.

Zhang Xiu and Tong Fei flew over at this time, obviously knowing that Feifei was married to Chen Long, and his expression seemed unnatural. He arched his hand and said: "Chen Zhoumu, it's been hard work, I didn't expect Feifei to marry you and become my master brother-in-law!" Hehehe......" There was a hint of jealousy in his eyes, and naturally it was difficult to escape Jia Xu's eyes.

At the big banquet that night, Zhang Xiu was drunk, repeatedly called Chen Long a junior brother, and repeatedly teased Feifei, and Zhou Cang was quite angry. Zhang Xiu's wife was going to stay Feifei overnight, Chen Long went back to the guest room to rest half-drunk, pushed the door and entered, and Zhou Cang and others outside the door naturally arranged people to take turns. Feifei was not there, and Chen Long didn't bother to light any more candles, took off his clothes and pants and fell directly on the bed, pulling the quilt and about to fall asleep. Suddenly I felt that the tentacles around me were slippery and greasy, silky like brocade, I don't know whose skin it is? At the same time, a natural body fragrance came, and Chen Long couldn't react, and he was already full of warm fragrant nephrite.

Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.