Nanyang Wancheng

In the city guard mansion, Zhang Xiu pressed a seal with one hand, and slapped the table with the other, his face was gloomy and terrible.

Zhang Xiu is the nephew of Zhang Ji of the old department of Xiliang, Yang Feng was also the general of the Xiliang department, as his son Yang Shuo is strictly the same as Zhang Xiu, if it were not for Zhang Ji to lead the people to give up Hongnong and enter Nanyang, maybe the current Yang Shuo is still cowering in Hedong, otherwise how can there be Yang Shuo's achievements today.

Yang Shuo has more than 40,000 soldiers, Zhang Xiu also has more than 30,000 elite Xiliang soldiers, and the north of Jingzhou has Liu Biao's money and food support, the two are equally powerful, and now they are also rewarded, Yang Shuo added the title of Zhenxi General, Du Yongliang soldiers and horses, Si Li Captain, Pingyang Hou, but look at him Zhang Xiu is not just a Yang Wei general, the huge gap makes Zhang Xiu indignant in his heart.

"Lord, the conspiracy between you and Liu Biao has long been detected by Cao Cao, and if you insist on acting, you will inevitably suffer a big defeat!" Jia Xu, who was sitting at the bottom, persuaded.

Zhang Xiu raised his eyebrows and squinted at the strategist left to him by his uncle Zhang Ji, a man who made him a little jealous, and said proudly: "Wenhe is serious, if Cao Cao sees through my strategy, why should he be sealed on me?" ”

"The sealing of the lord is just to stabilize the lord!" Jia Xu said.

Zhang Xiu's eyes widened angrily, "I personally sent the first general under his command to Xuchang, and Cao Cao dared to fool me like this?" ”

"Could it be that Cao Cao will be grateful to the general for returning Cao Ren and Li Dian?" Jia Xu asked rhetorically, "It's the same reward, why is there a world of difference between the lord and Yang Shuo?" ”

Jia Xu's rhetorical question made Zhang Xiu angry and ashamed, he kindly sent Cao Ren and Li Dian intact to Cao Cao, but he couldn't compare to Yang Shuo's threat to get a reward, how sad it was, from this point it can also be seen that Cao Cao treated him and Yang Shuo differently.

Zhang Xiu patted her forehead in annoyance, "I regret not listening to Wen He's words!" If Cao Ren and Li Dian were given to Liu Biao at the beginning, why would Cao Cao be so unkind to see us! ”

When Zhang Xian, Li Zhong and others sent Cao Ren and Li Dian prisoners to Wancheng, Zhang Xiu was very happy, thinking that if he could send these two to Cao Cao, he could alleviate the conflict with Cao Cao, and he could get Cao Cao's gratitude, so as to leave a way out in the future.

And Jia Xu thinks that Cao Cao is insidious and cunning, and will do everything to achieve his goal, and will not change his intentions because of a person's gains and losses.

In the end, Zhang Xiu still insisted on going his own way and chose to return Cao Ren and Li Dian to Cao Cao in person, but the result was not satisfactory.

Zhang Xiu was secretly annoyed, and at this time, a personal soldier came quickly, "Lord Qiqi, General Liu Biao Wenpin sent someone to ask to see!" ”

"Wen Ping sent someone to ask to see?" Zhang Xiu was taken aback, only to remember that when he learned that the reward he had received was very different from Yang Shuo, he conspired with Liu Biao in anger to take advantage of Cao Cao's defeat under the Tiger Prison to rob him.

At that time, Zhang Xiu was also angry and did not think much about it, let alone make a decision without consulting with Jia Xu, just now the two were still talking about it, so soon Liu Biao's people had arrived, which was beyond Zhang Xiu's expectations.

"Invite them in!" Zhang Xiu waved his hand. Although he has a strong Xiliang soldier in Nanyang, he is still constrained by Liu Biao everywhere, so he has to be careful to deal with it.

"Whoa!" The soldiers had to be ordered to bow down.

"The lord will lose this battle, please think twice!" Jia Xu persuaded again.

"Hmm!" Zhang Xiu nodded, Jia Xu seemed to want to say that he was stopped by Zhang Xiu's hand.

After a while, the kung fu soldiers strode into the hall with a man in armor, the man was not tall but quite sturdy, a pair of thief eyes entered the lobby and stared at Zhang Xiu who was at the top, the man just arched his hand casually, and said in a rough voice: "A certain is Cai Zhong, I have come to meet General Zhang on the order of General Wen!" ”

Cai Zhong was so rude that he almost didn't take him Zhang Xiu seriously, Zhang Xiu was also angry, but the situation was stronger than others, suppressed the anger in his heart, and tried to squeeze out a smile and walked down the main seat to Cai Zhong and arched his hand: "It turned out that General Cai was coming, and he was disappointed!" ”

"Humph!" Cai Zhong snorted heavily, and sat down on the seat on the side, looked at Zhang Xiu coldly, and said: "The general and my lord are discussing to enter Xuchang together, why haven't we seen the general's action for a long time after we have led the army to Jianyang?" ”

Cai Zhong is Cai Mao's younger brother, and Cai Mao's second sister is Liu Biao's successor, these layers of relationship, Cai Zhong is almost a sideways figure in Jingzhou, even if Zhang Xiu is a prince with heavy troops, but because of his attachment to Liu Biao, he also dares to be angry with Cai Zhong and dare not speak.

Zhang Xiuhao is also a member of the Xiliang Commanding General, although he didn't dare to refute Cai Zhong, his tone was also much stiffer, he stood up straight and looked down at Cai Zhong, "A certain and Liu Jingzhou discussed advancing together in Xuchang, and the general is still far away in Jianyang, how to advance together?" ”

"General Wen said, the army is divided into two routes, we will lead the army to Wuyin and go straight to Yuncheng, and you will wait for Ye County to go straight to Kunyang, and the two armies will inevitably be in chaos when they attack Cao's army!" Cai Zhong glared at Zhang Xiu fiercely, he didn't have a good impression of Zhang Xiu, an outsider.

"Why didn't General Wen make a decision alone without consulting with us on such an important matter?" After listening to Cai Zhong's words, Zhang Xiu was angry, as the chief general of the first army, he didn't know the combat policy, and it was obvious that the Jingzhou military generals didn't take him seriously.

"As for whether the general has been notified to discuss the operational agenda, the general can go to Xiangyang to reason, and now the general just listens to the order!" Anyway, Cai Zhong didn't pay attention to Zhang Xiu's reaction, and strode out, accustomed to the gentle life of the water town, Cai Zhong couldn't stand it in the face of the rough Xiliang style, and the order has been conveyed, whether to go or not is Zhang Xiu's business, what does Cai Zhong have to do with him?

Cai Zhong left, Zhang Xiu grabbed the water cup on the machine and was about to smash it, but stopped stiffly, "Hey! Sighing Zhang Xiu sat back on the main seat baldly, at this moment he regretted why he didn't dissuade his uncle Zhang Ji from staying in Hongnong, otherwise today's Yang Shuo is his Zhang Xiu.

Liu Biao made it clear that he wanted to use him as a gunman, but the lifeblood of his army was in Liu Biao's hands, and without the money and food provided by Liu Biao, his 30,000 Xiliang soldiers would soon scatter and flee.

Slowly raising his sour eyelids, Zhang Xiu looked at Jia Xu and said, "Wen He has a plan to teach me?" ”

"Sending troops to Xuchang is definitely inevitable, but before that, the general can take the opportunity to ask Jingzhou for money and food, and as for how to march into the army, he will act again!" Jia Xu said, sending troops to Xuchang is a foregone conclusion, otherwise Liu Biao will definitely cut off Zhang Xiu's money and food, but how to fight after sending troops is Zhang Xiu's business.

"Okay!" Zhang Xiu also understood his predicament and reluctantly accepted Jia Xu's proposal, and sent Deng Zhan Jianyang to ask for money and food, and sure enough, as Jia Xu expected, Wenpin met Zhang Xiu's almost harsh conditions, and Zhang Xiu had no choice but to lead the army to Yexian County according to the agreed marching time.