At the south gate of Ganling City, a soldier was standing on the gatehouse, vigilantly staring into the distance. Although the generals have been attacking continuously in the past few days, beating the defeated Yellow Turban Army nearby, this is Hebei after all, and Ganling City is like a reef standing in the turbulent waves, which is still full of dangers and cannot tolerate the slightest relaxation.

Suddenly, his eyes widened and he stared into the distance, where a faint head of dust was rising, and if his experience was correct, it should be a force of men and horses that were rapidly approaching.

The soldier raised his voice and said, "Discover the enemy!" Go and report .........."

"No need to report it!" A voice came from behind him, "Ben has already seen it!" ”

The soldier turned around and saluted: "General Hou! Should subordinates ring the bell immediately to warn them? ”

"Ben will appreciate your caution!" Hou Cheng smiled, "But experience is not enough!" Judging from the scale of this dust, even an army must be less than a thousand, and of course, if it is cavalry, it may not even be five hundred! ”

"Such a force is not enough to take our gates!" Hou Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly, "And this will see, this team of people is a bit like our people?" ”

The soldier nervously said, "Then could it be that the enemy is disguised to earn the city gate?" I heard that Nan Sima relied on this strategy to win our ...... that day Hungry! No, the enemy army has opened the gates! ”

Hou Cheng laughed and said: "You kid is clever, you are a good material!" Fortunately, you surrendered to the officers and soldiers in time, otherwise it would have been a waste! ”

He stared at the dust that was getting closer and closer, and the cavalry had gradually appeared, and sure enough, there were only a few hundred people.

"Don't worry!" Hou Cheng showed a hint of joy, "It's definitely our people!" And it's also a Yue cavalry among the five schools of the Northern Army! They're finally here! ”

"No, it won't!" The soldier looked respectful, "At such a distance, can the general even tell which unit it is?" ”

"Don't shoot Lao Tzu's ass!" Hou Cheng laughed and said, "Of course you can recognize it!" Because this general was the commander of the Yue Riding before! ”

He patted the soldier on the head: "Go and report this matter to Lord Sima immediately, I believe he has been waiting for it!" ”

"Wenhe! Captain Wu! Nanying hurried to the south gate, but was stunned to find that the leading generals of the Han army turned out to be Jia Xu and Yue Cavalry Captain Wu Huan, "The battle ahead is urgent, how can you two be there in person?" Could it be that General Lu's army has already captured Julu? ”

Jia Xu didn't speak with a calm face, but Wu Huan said with a difficult face: "This! Let's find a quiet place to talk about it! ”

Nanying's heart jumped, and he had a bad premonition, something must be wrong!

"Good news and bad news!" As soon as Jia Xu stepped into the quiet room, he split his head and asked, "Which one would you like to listen to first?" Hey! Why is Gao Shun not here? ”

Nan Ying's gaze swept over Wu Huan, and said lightly: "Big brother? I asked him to lead the troops to clear out the Yellow Turban Army outside the city! ”

In front of Wu Huan, of course it was impossible for him to tell the truth, in fact, Gao Shun and Gao Sheng led two thousand troops to attack Liu Zhong's secret dock wall two days ago.

"Forget it! So let me start with the good news! Jia Xu suddenly changed his expression, and said happily: "The good news of the Battle of Neihuang has reached the heavens, and I heard that the Son of Heaven Longyan Dayue personally rewarded the meritorious soldiers!" ”

"Not bad!" Wu Huan smiled and arched his hand: "Congratulations to Captain Nan!" ”

"Captain?" Nan Ying opened his mouth in surprise, "Could it be that the Son of Heaven has promoted me to be a captain?" ”

"Exactly!" Jia Xu couldn't hide his joy, "The Son of Heaven personally opened Chrysostom and named you the captain of Yingyang, and Gao Shun was also promoted by the Son of Heaven to the protector Sima because he killed the enemy's main general!" ”

Captain Hawk Yang! The Son of Heaven is really well-intentioned! First took the word Han Yang for himself, and then promoted the captain of Eagle Yang in front of the battle! Nan Ying was moved for a while, and suddenly said, "That's not right! Why was the edict passed on orally by Wen Helai? Isn't it supposed to be the angels themselves? ”

Jia Xu and Wu Huan looked at each other and smiled bitterly, Jia Xu said helplessly: "The angel is in the army, but as soon as I heard that you have led five hundred people to attack Ganling, I couldn't help but change color in fright on the spot!" After leaving the edict, he immediately returned to the imperial capital! ”

As he spoke, he winked at Nanying and said, "This angel is in the middle of the Yellow Gate's redundant servant!" ”

Nan Ying suddenly realized that he had some understanding of the official positions in the palace for several months, and this so-called redundant servant of the Zhonghuang Gate was the attendant of the Son of Heaven, of course, a close confidant of the Son of Heaven. And this official position is basically held by eunuchs, maybe it is still Zhang Rang's henchmen. After suddenly hearing the news that his moth was fighting the fire, of course, he was so frightened that he crawled back to report to his master!

Wu Huan suddenly sighed: "It's a pity! If the Son of Heaven knew that Captain Nan had once again made a great contribution and captured Ganling, which was held by 20,000 enemy troops, with 500 cavalry, maybe this time he would be the Zhonglang General! ”

Nan Ying smiled and said, "Captain Wu is serious!" Without your full support, the Battle of Neihuang would never have been possible. So Ben will personally talk about this to General Ho! ”

"Thank you so much!" Wu Huan said overjoyed. Of course, he received a secret letter from He Jin, in which He Jin repeatedly hinted to Wu Huan that he would assist Nanying in establishing meritorious deeds on the premise of ensuring Nanying's safety.

Wu Huan is such a clever person, of course he understands what his master means! However, as a captain of the fifth school, his position is especially above Nanying, so he can't openly obey the orders of his subordinates with the dignity of an official, right? Therefore, during the Battle of Neihuang, all Wu Huan could do was to draw out his subordinate elites to assist Southern Eagle in the battle.

Nanying's words were quite reciprocating, which made Wu Huan feel grateful, and at the same time secretly sighed, but the two were still in an equal relationship, otherwise it would be better if they could directly belong to Nanying's subordinates. I heard that this new Captain Nan is a popular person around the Son of Heaven, and even General He has to be careful in everything, from the fact that he sent several secret letters in a row, he never asked about the war but only asked Nanying at a glance.

"Alright! It's all your own people, so there's no need to say kind words! Nan Ying said calmly, "Anyway, everyone is now in a relationship of honor and disgrace!" Let's get straight to the point, what is the bad news? ”

"The situation of General Lu's army is worrying!" Jia Xu changed his heavy color again, "Now the army is slowly approaching Ganling!" It looks like it's going to enter the city and defend it! ”

Nan Ying frowned and said, "Could it be that Zhang Bao's main force is really so powerful!" Even General Lu is no match for him! ”

"Nope! You're wrong! Jia Xu's eyes erupted with anger, "General Lu's 20,000 army confronted Zhang Bao's 100,000 main force, not only did he not fall behind in the slightest a few days before the battle, but even killed more than 10,000 enemies, forcing the enemy to retreat into the giant deer to defend to the death!" ”

Nan Ying was shocked: "What happened? ”

"It's Dong Zhuo!" Wu Huan also flashed with hatred, "That guy led 15,000 troops to attack the Guangyang Han army, and within a few days sent back the good news, claiming that the enemy army had been defeated, and at this time, the good news of Captain Nan's light victory over Ganling also arrived!" In the face of two good news, General Lu was really overjoyed, so he decided to show the enemy weakness and lure the enemy of the giant deer out of the city for a decisive battle! ”

"That day, Zhang Bao really made a plan, thinking that the rear of our army was unstable, so he led 50,000 troops out of the city to sneak attack, General Lu was just about to counterattack on the whole front, and was suddenly attacked by the enemy behind him!"

"What! Enemies behind you! Nan Ying's eyes widened, and he must have said, "Could it be, could it be that Dong Zhuo lied about the military situation!" ”

"Yes!" Wu Huan clenched his fists angrily, "It's the remnants of the Guangyang Yellow Turban Army, they have indeed been defeated!" But there are still 20,000 of them! It was they who attacked from behind us! ”

Jia Xu said with a gloomy face: "The most infuriating thing is that General Lu can't blame Dong Zhuo for this, because Dong Zhuo's military report said that it was defeated, not completely annihilated, in fact, he did eliminate more than 20,000 Yellow Turban thieves!" ”

"Dong Zhuo, this bastard!" Nan Ying immediately understood, and he didn't know whether this old thief was sincere or intentional, but in any case, as a veteran who had been on the battlefield for a long time, reporting that he had defeated the enemy army without fully counting the results of the battle would naturally interfere with Lu Zhi's correct judgment.

Lu Zhi also made a big mistake, because he believed in Dong Zhuo too much and was eager to expand the results of the battle, he immediately took a full-scale offensive without confirming the authenticity of the two good news.

"What about the damage?" Nanying already sensed the urgency of the situation, if Lu Zhi's army was on the verge of defeat, then all the previous gains would be in vain, and Ganling City would definitely fall back into the hands of the Yellow Turban Army.

"The casualties are not large! After all, the elite of the Han army is far from being comparable to the thief army! Jia Xu sighed, "Our army has lost more than 5,000 people, but we have killed 20,000 enemies!" ”

Nan Ying breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then General Lu still has 15,000 men and horses, and the enemy army has lost 30,000 in total, and it still maintains the previous ratio!" ”

"Nope! Although the loss of men and horses is not large! Wu Huan shouted, "But the Guangyang Yellow Turban Army suddenly appeared in the rear of our army, and they burned most of our army's grain and grass!" Now the morale of the army has been shaken! ”

Nanying finally changed color, the Han army originally planned to capture Ganling and block the mouth of the Yellow Turban Army to eat, but now even the throat of the Han army itself was strangled to death.

There was a moment of silence in the quiet room, and all three of them were a little unsettled.

"So!" Nanying said slowly, "Since the situation is so urgent, how could you two come here with only a few hundred light horses!" ”

"Two purposes!" Jia Xu said bluntly, "General Lu was so angry that Dong Zhuo vomited blood, of course he didn't dare to believe in the result of 'five hundred cavalry attacking Ganling', which can only be described as a miracle!" So our first purpose is to come and confirm! ”

"Got it!" Nan Ying nodded, "I fully understand General Lu's feelings, and it's the same with me!" Now your first purpose should be fine! ”

"Yes!" Wu Huan's face flashed with joy, "Captain Nan is really like a soldier!" Not only has Ganling been captured, but a large number of garrisons have been formed! It's so impressive! ”

Nanying smiled slightly, you have only only seen more than 2,000 people, if you know that there is still a 2,000-strong army and horses on an expedition to Xiuxian, I am afraid that even your tongue will stick out!

"General Lu's army is about to run out of food!" Jia Xu smiled bitterly, "And we all know that Ganling is the big granary of the Yellow Turban Army, with at least hundreds of thousands of stones of grain!" So our second purpose is to transport grain! ”

Nan Ying's eyes rolled, and he looked up to the sky and said, "Of course there is no problem!" Ben had just counted the granary the day before yesterday, and there were still 300,000 stone of grain in the city! Enough to support the army! ”

Wu Huan was slightly surprised: "Didn't you hear that there were 500,000 stone military rations in the city before?" These thieves are really enough to eat, and they have already consumed so much! ”

Nan Ying said with a sad face: "When I captured Ganling that day, this general led hundreds of warriors to fight fiercely in the city, and the enemy army was defeated and retreated!" But when they saw the defeat, they were so desperate that they wanted to burn the whole city and die with Ben General! ”

Wu Huan was so shocked that his body stiffened, and blurted out: "His grandmother's!" These thieves are crazy! Fortunately, Captain Nan is safe and sound! And then what? ”

Nan Ying spread his hands and said: "The general was in a hurry to extinguish the fire and save the people, but he caused thousands of thieves to escape from the city, and even the granary in the city was affected by the fire, losing more than 100,000 stone of grain!" ”

Wu Huan stretched out his hand to wipe a handful of sweat and said, "It's okay, it's okay!" The losses are not huge! Otherwise, General Lu would really commit suicide by throwing himself into the river! ”

Only Jia Xu looked coldly at Nan Ying's tricks, and snickered in his heart, isn't it just to embezzle some food? As for making it up like this? Jia Xu didn't know that what Nanying said was not all lies, at least the fire in the whole city was a fact. Even if someone investigates it in the future, it will never be the slightest flaw.

Nanying is now racking his brains, thinking about how to smuggle away the grain under the dark, if he waits for Lu Zhi's army to enter, it will be difficult to fly!

The intelligence of the Han army is not accurate, and all the grain in the city is not 500,000 stones, but 700,000 stones! Among them, 500,000 stones were donated by Liu Zhong, while the other 200,000 stones were looted by the Yellow Turban Army after breaking through the nearby villages and towns, and they were stored in Ganling. Even if he handed over 300,000 stones, Nanying still privately swallowed 400,000 stones!

If you add the 500,000 stones in Liu Zhong's lair in Xiu County, Nanying will get 900,000 stones at once this time! God, that's enough to feed tens of thousands of Eagle's Nest people for more than a year! Although the eagle's nest is also full of grain, no one thinks that there is too much food, right? This is the most valuable treasure in troubled times, where there is food, there will be people, soldiers and territory!

But how can so much food be transported back to the Eagle's Nest? That's six or seven hundred miles away! How could such a large food convoy be transported back to the Eagle's Nest safely!

Suddenly, Nanying's eyes lit up, why did he have to send it back to the Eagle's Nest? Isn't there a ready-made place now!