With full of surprise, Zhang Zhao said goodbye to the cleaners, and experienced the shock brought by the mercenary guild and the newspaper, and his heart fluctuated, and it was really difficult to calm down.

Seeing that noon was approaching, Zhang Zhao was about to find a wine shop, fill his stomach, and when he looked around, he saw a restaurant on the street that seemed to be not smiling. So Shi Shiran led two entourages and strode in.

"Welcome!"

At the door, the two flower girls smiled skillfully, bowed slightly, and stretched out their hands to lead Zhang Zhao in.

This way Zhang Zhao is not strange. The Hero Building in Xuzhou also adopts this model, and Zhang Zhao is still a frequent visitor in the building.

"Alas, this guest officer is please!"

A uniformed junior came over and said to Zhang Zhao with a smile: "Mr. is it a stay or a meal?" ”

"Dining, second floor." Zhang Zhaodao.

"Okay." Xiao Er smiled and led Zhang Zhao up to the second floor and found a seat by the window to sit down.

"What would you like to eat, sir?" Xiao Er handed the menu in his hand to Zhang Zhao and said, "We have all kinds of dishes in Zhangjia Restaurant, flying in the sky, swimming in the water, running in the woods, everything. Whatever you want to eat, sir, order whatever you want. ”

Zhang Zhao opened the menu, ordered a few dishes casually, and said to Xiao'er: "Little brother, let's just have a few, and another pot of twenty-year-old wine." ”

"Okay, sir, just wait a minute." Xiao Er bowed slightly, turned around and left.

After a while, Xiao Er came over with a plate, a wine jug, a wine glass and chopsticks on it, and set it up for Zhang Zhao.

"Little brother, I am a foreigner, and it is the first time I have come to Yuyang, can you introduce me to some of the characteristics of Yuyang?" Zhang Zhao said with a smile.

Xiao Er smiled and said, "Sir, you can ask the right person." My name is Li Xiang, I am a native of Yuyang, and I know everything about Yuyang. ”

"Sit down and speak slowly."

Xiao Er bowed slightly, sat down according to his words, and talked about Yuyang.

From ten years ago, to now.

Yuyang's various changes, developments and comparisons are indeed clear and clear, and his speech and demeanor are very decent.

Zhang Zhao was very strange in his heart. It stands to reason that with such eloquence as Li Xiang, he should not be a little second. So he said: "Little Brother Li, I see that you speak rigorously, politely and politely, why did you choose such a job?" ”

Li Xiang was stunned, smiled, and said, "Hey, Mr. doesn't know anything." I'm still a student and haven't graduated yet. ”

"Oh!" Zhang Zhao was surprised: "You are a student of Youzhou Academy? ”

Li Xiang nodded and said, "I'm just a part-time job in this Zhang family's restaurant." While earning some extra money, I learned some principles of how to behave in the world, and practiced the theories I learned, and that's it. ”

Zhang Zhao nodded again and again and praised: "All kinds of things in Youzhou are addictive and amazing!" ”

"Of course!" Li Xiang said proudly: "With the king of Yuyang, there is no place in the world that can compare to our Youzhou!" ”

Zhang Zhao finished eating, left Zhang's restaurant, and walked back. Walking through a street, I suddenly saw a slightly smaller restaurant and replied to Zhang's restaurant. There's something strange in my heart. I walked another street, and at the corner of the street, I saw a Zhangjia restaurant again.

Zhang Zhao was even more strange in his heart, so he asked the roadside cleaner again, "Why is there a Zhangjia restaurant on every street?" What is the reason for this? ”

The cleaner replied, "What's so strange about that?" The entire restaurant in Yuyang City is opened by Zhang's family. ”

"Which Zhang family?" Zhang Zhaodao.

"That Zhang family of Zhang Zhangfei of the Liaodong Legion!" The cleaner replied.

When Zhang Zhao heard this, he was silent.

He slowly returned to the inn, thought for a long time, and finally suddenly became enlightened.

"Youzhou, there is still a family!"

Zhang Zhao came to this conclusion.

"It turns out that what King Yuyang wants is an obedient family, and what he suppresses is a family that is disobedient or violates interests!"

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhao's heart was even clearer.

Isn't? If there is no family in Youzhou, how can the Zhen family, as one of the four major merchants in the world, be counted? Although the Zhen family was only a merchant before, but now that they are married to the King of Yuyang, their identity has been sharply raised, how is it not a real family?

And the Mi family. Since the king of Yuyang agreed to get married, it means that he can tolerate the existence of the Mi family. And the Mi family is not only a business, but also a family!

There is also the Zhang family of Zhang Fei, the commander of the Liaodong Army

All of this shows that Youzhou is not intolerant of families, but of disobedient families!

"It turns out that I've been kept in the dark by myself!" Zhang Zhao shook his head. He has always been obsessed with the fact that King Yuyang suppressed the family, and ignored the support outside the suppression!

Zhang Zhao perked up and a smile appeared on his face.

The next day, Zhang Zhao went to the palace, met Chen Deng, and handed over Chen Gui's letter to Chen Deng.

After another while, Zhang Zhao had his own house, and at the same time, he went in and out of the office building of the Yuyang official mansion and did the work under the command of Liu Yuan's palace, assisting in frustration and dealing with policies and people's livelihood.

At the same time, he was accompanied by Chen Deng and Wang Lang

Don't talk about Youzhou, let's look at Yuzhou.

It is said that Han Hao led an army of 50,000 to escort Er Qiao back to the north. After passing through Xincai, he passed under Cai Mao's nose in a big way, and then passed through Pingyu and came to Nanton.

This road of 50,000 horses passed through Runan County, attracting most of the attention of Cao Ying and Liu Biao.

Cao Ying's camp.

Xun You looked at the wire newspaper in his hand and laughed.

Cao Ying wondered in his heart and said, "Why is Gongda laughing? ”

Xun You said: "I laugh at Yuan Shuqian's poor donkey skills. ”

"How?" Cao Ying's spirits perked.

"Then Han Hao made such a big noise, just to attract the attention of the lord and Liu Jingzhou. In fact, he secretly wants to do some means to turn the tide of the war! Xun You said with a smile: "The lord still needs to give an order immediately, it is best to transfer a general to return to Chen County Town to guard the grain and grass!" ”

Cao Ying suddenly smiled and said: "It turns out that Yuan Shu is playing such an idea, which is indeed substandard. ”

Xun You nodded and said, "Even so, some people are afraid that they will be tricked!" ”

Cao Ying smiled: "Isn't that better?" ”

"Not bad." Xun You said: "When Han Hao's army passes through Nanton, and there is news over there, the lord should immediately wave his army, seize Pingyu, and go south to Runan!" ”

Cao Ying said: "That's exactly how it should be! ”

Han Hao's army also walked under the city of Nanton in a big way, and even made many provocative behaviors, which made the garrison Cao Jun very crazy, but because of Cao Ying's order, he couldn't move. The army went all the way north and soon entered the boundary of Yanzhou.

On this day, Cao Jun was in the chamber.

Cao Ying sat on the main seat, and Xun Yu was beside him. Cao Ren and other generals in the hall sat in second place one by one.

"Just got the news." Cao Ying said solemnly: "Cai Mao took it lightly, was attacked by Yuan Shujun, burned up the grain and grass, and now he has failed again and again, and is slowly retreating. The Wenpin army was also attacked and the losses were not small. ”

When Cao Ren heard this, he stood up violently and said in surprise: "That Chen County?!" ”

Cao Ying laughed: "I have already made arrangements. Can Zixiao know Zilian? ”

Cao Ren thought for a moment, and then suddenly said: "I said why I didn't see Zilian in the past few days, it turns out that the eldest brother has already made arrangements!" ”

"Presumably, Zilian's good news is coming soon." As soon as Cao Ying's voice fell, it was true, there were soldiers outside the hall who asked to see him.

"Report, lord, there is good news from Chen County, General Cao Hong will wipe out all the enemy troops in the future, and Chen County will be unharmed!"

"Good, good!"

Cao Ying was overjoyed and said, "Cao Ren! ”

"The last general!"

"Let you be the vanguard, lead an army of 20,000, and immediately attack Pingyu, be sure to take it down for me before it gets dark!"

"No!"

"The rest of the gentlemen, gather the army with the Honshu Mu, and we will go south later!"

"No!"

"What!?"

Jingzhou, Xiangyang. Liu Biao couldn't help but be furious when he learned that Cai Mao and Wen Ping had lost.

"Straw bales! It's all straw bales! ”

Liu Biao scolded more than once.

Kuai Liang pondered on the side: "Lord, now that General Cai and General Wen have both lost, I don't know what happened to Cao Jun?" ”

Liu Biao pressed down his anger and groaned: "It must be average, right?" ”

Kuai Liang shook his head and said, "Not necessarily. Cao Jun's military advisor is Xun You, this person has far-reaching wisdom, I'm afraid he can also see that he is tired! ”

Liu Biao was silent.

In fact, Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang also analyzed Yuan Shu's plans before this and informed Liu Biao. Liu Biao has also sent someone to remind Cai Mao and Wen Ping. But not long after the men sent out, the report of the defeat over there arrived.

"My lord, the only way to do it for the time being, my subordinates have three suggestions." Kuai Liang said: "First, withdraw the troops and let Cao Ying bear the pressure of Yuan Shu alone, and the final result is that the lord and Cao Ying are busy, and the lord and Cao Ying have a bad relationship." ”

"Second, immediately send more grain and grass to attack with all your might. The end result was that Cao Ying won the first move and occupied Runan, while the lord gained nothing. ”

"Third, first make a fierce counterattack to confuse Cao Ying, and after Cao Ying occupies Pingyu, immediately withdraw the army, so that Cao Ying is surrounded on three sides, and let Yuan Shu hit Cao Ying hard!"

After listening to Kuai Liang's strategy, Liu Biao fell into a tangle.

"Am I getting nothing but these three?" Liu Biaodao.

"No, no, no," Kuai Liang shook his head and said, "It's just a ploy against Runan." The lord can look farther and change his goal. ”

"Where do you start?"

"Does the lord remember the secret report of General Huang Zu in the previous month?" Kuai Yue smiled: "I heard that Sun Jian's father and son have become prisoners of the Yuyang King, and Yuan Shu's current strength is almost all invested in Runan, so Jiujiang and Lujiang are almost empty."

Liu Biao's eyes lit up, and he immediately clapped his hands again and again.

"Good strategy! Good strategy! ”

"That's it!" Liu Biao said fiercely: "Anyway, I can't get Runan, and I can't make Cao Ying feel better." Sooner or later, he will be an enemy, and now he should be weakened and hit hard. Let's use Zirou's third plan! ”

"That being the case, the lord should secretly dispatch troops and horses, and order General Huang Zu to prepare to seize Lujiang and Jiujiang!"

When the news of the capture of Sun Jian, Sun Ce, Sun Shangxiang, father and son, father and daughter came back, Huang Gai was shocked. If you want to pursue, the troops are insufficient, and Huang Zu is contained, so you can't do it. Helpless, Huang Gai had no choice but to preserve his strength, used means, confused Huang Zu overnight, retreated from the army, and wanted to return to Jiujiang.

On the way back to Jiujiang, Huang Gai's army passed by Lujiang Shu County, Lujiang Taishou Lu Kang prepared wine and food to entertain him, but he didn't expect Huang Gai to think of what happened to the lord Sun Jian after he was drunk, and the crazy surname Dafa killed Lujiang Taishou Lu Kang's family all over the house.

The next time he came to his senses, Huang Gai regretted it very much, but thinking that Sun Ce's wrecked Lujiang Taishou would also be counted as a share, he took it for granted.

Back in Jiujiang, Huang Gai told Mrs. Wu what was going on.

Mrs. Wu was angry and sad, and fell ill.

So Jiujiang fell into the hands of Sun Jian's second son, Sun Quan.

Sun Quan sent an envoy to Youzhou with a heavy gift. While accepting Huang Gai's opinion, he was ready to expand his power without mentioning it.

(To be continued)