"Tututu! Don't get wet! ”

Deng Ai hurriedly put away the drawings, and then looked at Huang Zhong with a pout, his face full of unhappiness. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info was stunned for a moment, Deng Ai asked, "Why is the old general like this?" ”

Huang Zhong said sullenly: "I want the old man to lead thousands of troops to leave Quanzhou, and divide into two teams with the men and horses of Gan Xingba's side to capture the border of Jiaozhou." I thought that a few great things would definitely be on me, but I didn't think that the old man's thousands of men and horses would lead to a city-building job. I don't know where Gan Xingba's men and horses are now...... The great achievement of capturing Jiaozhou failed to fight for the old man, and it was a pity that he didn't catch up with a battle when he built a city here. Alas, I really don't know if the lord is looking at the old man and deliberately arranging this loose work for the old man to build the city! ”

Deng Ai was dumbfounded when he heard this, he had a thorough understanding of Huang Zhong's unyielding character during this period of time. Shaking his head, Deng Ai explained: "Old general, please rest assured, General Gan will not move forward for the time being, their current purpose is just to test the situation in Jiaozhou, and maybe try to see if they can lure the defenders of Jiaozhou out of the city to meet the attack." In addition, the weather in the south is hot, and there are many trees and forests along the way, and if Shixie is handed over to the address to set fire on the way, our army will suffer great damage. ”

"The words are good, but they always stop here, and the old man can't hold it back!"

"Old general, it is now the end of spring, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, we have to make all preparations, in addition, we have to wait for the follow-up soldiers and grain and grass to catch up, then we will go straight to Jiaozhou in one go. At that time, the old general will be able to show his strength in front of the two armies. ”

"Alas! There is no way, the lord has ordered the old man to have to follow! Wait! ”

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Waiting is naturally waiting, but it is not dry. In accordance with Lu Ren's instructions, Deng Ai selected a suitable boundary for the construction of the city and began the preliminary work for the construction of the city. In the Hepu area, there were already a certain number of residents, and although the population number was small and scattered, the names of Yi and Quanzhou were called for, and enough food was allocated, and there were not a few people who could be concentrated to help build the city.

Huang Zhong has not been sent to personnel such as meticulous work and wayfinders, and Huang Zhong himself has not been idle. He wants to fight, but he can't fight a big battle for a while, but there is still a lot of work to clean up the bandits and tyrants. For a time, the rich man of the mountain king in the entire Hepu area was made a fuss by Huang Zhong, and the rich and wealthy people did not go to the Xincheng area.

When Lu Ren personally brought some people to Hepu, he was surprised to find that in addition to the more than 2,000 soldiers and the grain and grass brought by him, there were more than 30,000 people who had gathered together to build the city, and the grain and grass in the temporarily built warehouse could still support more than half a year. Of course, most of them were snatched by Huang Zhong.

"Old man Huang, old man Huang, are you an official or a robber? If you don't let you fight, you will grab a breath, right? This time, I see how you manage your soldiers! I'm asking you not to disturb the people as much as possible, you are good, the people don't seem to disturb anything, the landlords in this area are almost the same for you, you are fighting local tyrants during the revolutionary war period!? ”

However, he said that Lu Ren personally came to Guangzhou City to have a look, and Huang Zhong and Deng Ai were making preparations for entering the army to Jiaozhou to rob and rob. On the other hand, Ganning took the sea route, and soon brought a large number of personnel and materials from Hong Kong's Pearl River estuary to Guangzhou.

As soon as the three teams of people gathered, they sent the robbed population or something to the nearest Guangzhou, and the city of Guangzhou would be lively. He who builds a city builds a city, he who builds a house builds a house, and he who builds a road builds a road...... Guangzhou City had already taken shape under the leadership of Xu Shu and Shi Tao, and many temporary residences made of bamboo and wood had been erected in the surrounding residential areas. The apartment-style brick house, which can be regarded as the "Yizhou standard", is relatively time-consuming, and the raw materials cannot be kept up in a short time, so a small number of construction personnel are only dispatched to take the "apprentices" to build slowly.

It may also be that Lu Ren has been used to enjoying it in the past few years, and now he is a little unaccustomed to sleeping in a tent when he is not on the march. Under his selfish intentions, he instructed the craftsmen to build four more elegant bamboo buildings in the barracks first, one for himself, one each for Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, and Deng Ai -- the so-called eating alone is difficult to fat, and Lu Ren still knows this truth. And my own room is the largest, and some impromptu meetings are held here.

Because Gan Ning and Huang Zhong are not good at building cities, Lu Ren and Deng Ai are still in charge of the master and apprentice, Huang Zhong is responsible for the vigilance and security of Guangzhou City during this time, and Gan Ning takes a small number of people out from time to time to inquire about the news. Of course, occasionally Gan Ning will take some property and people back or something, and Lu Ren is really a little speechless about this.

In fact, since the departure from Yizhou, Lu Ren found that the closer to Jiaozhou, the more serious the situation of local tyrants forcibly occupying land and occupying people. And their current location is probably in the middle of Quanzhou and Jiaozhou, there are countless local tyrants of all sizes in this area, and even to the point where dozens of people are gathered, and they bully men and women and dare to do nonsense.

At the beginning, Lu Ren was worried that Huang Zhong's almost "fighting local tyrants and dividing the land" when he didn't come would cause some unnecessary trouble, but after learning the details, he simply let Huang Zhong and Gan Ning do it. To put it mildly, if you are rich and unkind, don't say that I am acting unjustly, Lao Tzu also needs the population at hand. Instead of suffering and starving from you, it is better to kill you and then snatch the money and property of the people. At least Lao Tzu can make these people have a full meal!

But to be honest, Guangzhou City was troubled by Huang Zhong and Gan Ning, not to mention that there were enough people, and Lu Ren also unexpectedly earned a good reputation of "cherishing the people". The people who have not had much to eat for a long time are full of energy because their lives are better...... Lu Ren implements the system of more work and more rewards, and the more you work, the more grain and rice you can get, of course, you have to work hard!

Without further ado, on this day, Lu Ren and Deng Ai were thinking about some problems in the construction of the city in the bamboo building, and Gan Ning, who was originally going out to "fight the local tyrants", suddenly rushed back, and the first thing they said when they met was: "My lord, the fine work sent to the southwest of Hepu City to inquire about the news has just returned."

Lu Ren and Deng Ai glanced at each other and asked, "How is the situation over there?" ”

Gan Ning said: "Hepu City is about half a month's journey from here, and the road is not difficult to walk, but there are some mountain roads in the middle. Hepu Taishou is the second brother of Shi Xie, the third brother of Shi Xie, Shi Xie's third brother Shi Huang (PS: The font is "Huang You", but the bottle doesn't know what to read, so I had to take half of it) is Jiuzhen Taishou, and the last brother Shiwu leads the South China Sea Taishou. However, the South China Sea boundary was evacuated by the lord very early, and Shiwu couldn't stay in the South China Sea, so he turned back to Hepu City. ”

"How many generals does Hepu have, how many troops do they have, and what about the city defense and terrain?"

Gan Ning said: "There are not many troops, probably less than eight thousand, and those who can lead the troops into battle are Shihuang and Shiwu." The place where Hepu City is located is basically an open plain, and the city defense is not strong, so it is not difficult to take it. However, Hepu City is not too far from Jiaozhi and Jiuzhen, and the reinforcements from the two places can arrive in a few days if they hurry up. Ning roughly calculated, if the two places of Jiaozhi and Jiuzhen galloped to Hepu, they would probably be able to transfer about 50,000 horses. If the lord captures Hepu without making some calculations first, he will suffer a great loss in terms of troops. ”

Lu Ren scratched his head, and then instructed the attendants outside the door: "Go and invite General Huang Lao to discuss matters immediately, if he asks, tell him that there will be a battle soon." ”

It didn't take long for Huang Zhong to arrive, and after the greeting ceremony, Huang Zhong couldn't wait to ask: "Is the lord determined to raise troops to attack the city?" ”

Lu Ren said: "Almost, I'm going to take Hepu City down first, and I will find the old general to discuss this matter." ”

The four of them sat down, and Lu Ren talked about the situation first, and Huang Zhong asked for orders: "Please ask the lord to transfer 3,000 men and horses to the old man, and Hepu City will definitely be captured!" ”

Lu Ren said: "Hepu City is not difficult to attack, what I am worried about is Jiuzhen and the reinforcements at the address." We can use less than 10,000 men and horses, and we have to stay in Guangzhou. After conquering Hepu, at least 2,000 people must be left to defend the city, and the troops to capture Jiuzhen and Jiaozhi will be tight. According to the news from the investigation and Xingba's speculation, the combined strength of the two places of Jiaozhi and Jiuzhen is not a few. It will be several times more than us. ”

Deng Ai said: "According to the disciple's opinion, the soldiers and horses under the master's command are well-trained, well-equipped, and have a high fighting spirit. On the other hand, there are many soldiers and horses in Jiaozhou who have not been trained, and the staff is far inferior to me. ”

Lu Ren shook his head and said, "I know it's not difficult to fight hard, the main thing is that I don't want to fight." I've got that little bit on hand, and it's going to be hard to figure it out if I try to figure it out. Well...... I have an idea in my heart to see if you can do well. ”

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More than ten days later, Hepu City.

The two brothers, Shihuang and Shiwu, were a little annoyed, because since two days ago, this Hepu City has been surrounded by thousands of Lu Ren's military headquarters. That's right, it was only a few thousand people who besieged their little town. In fact, in that era, except for some important military towns, the average border town did not have many troops. Like in the Battle of Guandu, Lao Cao's Yanjin was only 3,000 people.

In fact, as early as when Huang Zhong arrived in the Hepu area, Shi Huang had already received the news, and he also saw that Huang Zhong must have come badly. I wanted to preemptively let Shiwu take a thousand people to Guangzhou to make trouble, but Hepu only had a total of 3,000 troops, but Huang Zhong had more than 2,000 there, and a few thousand people really had no chance of winning in the past.

Moreover, Shiwu's younger brother did not cooperate with Shihuang very much, because when Lu Ren opened Quanzhou earlier to evacuate the population of the South China Sea region, Shiwu borrowed troops from Shihuang to fight Quanzhou, but Shihuang did not agree on the grounds that Hepu was not strong enough. Later, the real power in the South China Sea fell into the hands of Lu Ren, and Shiwu had to retreat to Hepu...... (To be continued.) )