Soon after Chen Nuo let Dian Wei go, another messenger sent by Wen Chou asked him to lead his army back to Liyang City overnight to meet him.

Chen Nuo was beating a drum in his heart, it seemed that it was Dian Wei's matter that annoyed Wen Chou, and Wen Chou wanted to settle accounts with him. He cheered up and wanted Han Meng to gather the soldiers under his tent, but in the end, Zhao Xue reminded him, only to remember that Han Meng was already drunk, and he had no choice but to hand over this task to Zhao Xue.

When the tent was pulled, everyone carried Han Meng and set off. The road was not full of avenues, and after a bumpy moment, Han Meng woke up in a daze. I asked the reason and insisted on walking. Chen Nuo saw that his head was clearer, so he didn't stop him.

The place where they were stationed was only half an hour away from Liyang City, and they would arrive from time to time.

Chen Nuo temporarily stationed the team outside the city, and only brought Zhao Xue into Liyang City. As for Han Meng, he didn't want Wen Chou to see any clues from his face, so he left him in the guardianship team outside the city.

Before seeing Wen Chou, Chen Nuo couldn't help but feel uneasy, in order to prevent Wen Chou from getting into trouble, he repeatedly typed the draft several times in his heart, and prepared some coping words. But what Chen Nuo didn't expect was that Wen Chou called him over, and he didn't mention Dian Wei from beginning to end, but just explained to him what happened during the day.

"After General Ben partially fought with you, he was going to bypass Liyang City and continue his journey, but not long after your troops left, General Ben received an urgent order from General Yuan. For this reason, General Ben had to temporarily return to Liyang to join the general. ”

Wen Chou said, took a seal ribbon, held it high in his hand, and shouted: "General Yuan order, Chen Nuo takes the order!" ”

Chen Nuo bowed down to listen to the order, only to hear Wen Chou say: "Order, Chen Nuo, the governor of the ministry, is the Sima of the other department, and he will lead the troops to Yangcheng to help the battle on the same day, there must be no mistake!" ”

Chen Nuo took the small ivory seal ribbon, which was engraved with the four large characters of Sima from other departments.

Sima of other departments, who can lead thousands of people, has the right to train private soldiers, which is of extraordinary significance. In history, Lü Meng's brother-in-law Deng Dang was Sun Cejiang, and after his death, Zhang Zhao recommended Lü Meng to be the pawn and pay homage to Sima. It can be seen that although the position of Sima of other departments is not high, he can lead the troops independently, and the people and horses of his subordinates can be inherited by their relatives.

As early as the beginning, Chen Nuo was only a small tribal governor, although he could lead 500 people, but these 500 people were not necessarily his. In other words, even if they are trained well, they may be transferred at any time at any time in the future. Not counting that, even his right to transfer and appoint them will be subject to certain restrictions. If he wants to install people in his department, he has to get approval from above. He brought Zhao Xue and Han Meng into the camp only after obtaining the consent of Yuan Shao and Wen Chou in advance, so that he could do what he wanted.

And now, as the Sima of other departments, he can not only arrange Zhao Xue and Han Meng by his side at will, but also bring those talents that he thinks are available to his department, and he will only be the first to look forward to him, without being subject to some cumbersome restrictions. With this right, that is, the foundation of private armies, there is no longer any fear that his gains will be arbitrarily deprived.

Chen Nuo's chest was agitated, but he was not carried away by these, and took the seal ribbon, Chen Nuo asked Wen Chou: "Does Yuan Gong mean that only the last general will lead the troops to Yangcheng alone?" ”

Wen Chou nodded: "General Ben will have another appointment, and you can't go to Yangcheng with General Chen." ”

Chen Nuo asked, "Then can the general now know the purpose of Duke Yuan sending me to Yangcheng?" ”

Wen Chou said: "Yangcheng, located in Yuzhou, is the place where Sun Jian's department is stationed. In the early days, General Yuan once expressed Zhou Qiao as the assassin of Yuzhou, but Yuan Shu, who was stationed in Luyang, also expressed Sun Jian as the assassin of Yuzhou and the general of the captivity. Thinking about the sky is indispensable, not to mention that a Yuzhou can accommodate two thorn histories? Zhou Qiao was ordered by General Yuan to crusade against Sun Jian, not wanting to be killed by him.

Now General Yuan re-expressed Zhou Qiao's brother Jiujiang Taishou Zhou Ang as the assassin of Yuzhou, fighting for Yangcheng, although he temporarily took his land, but suffered heavy losses. I'm afraid that Luyang Yuan Shu is unwilling to let Yangcheng be occupied by our army, and he will send troops to take it soon, so General Chen, your purpose is to assist Zhou Tingshi to defend Yangcheng and repel Sun Jian! ”

Chen Nuo was amused in his heart, thinking that Zhou Ang's Jiujiang Taishou was subordinate to the Yangzhou Thorn History Department, and now he went to Yuzhou to fight for the position of Thorn History, which seemed a little too much. Besides, Yangcheng is the base camp where Sun Jian fought against Dong Zhuo, and now that he has been taken away, it seems a little morally unreasonable. It's just that now since it's the so-called troubled times, no one talks about it anymore. I think that a small Yuzhou can have two or three thorns at the same time, not to mention the greed of the human heart.

But now that he is Yuan Shao's subordinate, he can only obey Yuan Shao's orders.

Chen Nuo nodded and accepted, but at the same time said without hesitation: "But there is still something unclear about the general!" I think that my department was originally less than two hundred people, plus the battle of the day and the sun, the loss of nearly forty or fifty, now I have only one hundred and twenty thirty, even if I rush to Yangcheng, I am afraid that it will not help. ”

Wen Chou's nose snorted slightly: "You mean, you want to find someone for me, right?" ”

Chen Nuo nodded honestly and looked at him with a longing gaze.

"No way!"

Wen Chou said lightly: "Do you know why General Yuan urgently summoned General Ben back this time?" ”

Chen Nuo naturally didn't know, so he waited silently.

Sure enough, Wen Chou continued, "Presumably you should be familiar with Yu Fuluo, the right virtuous king of the Huns, and Yu Poison, the marshal of Montenegro, right?" ”

Chen Nuo was stunned: "Are they making trouble?" ”

Wen Chou nodded.

Chen Nuo thought for a moment and said, "But aren't they all allies with Yuan Gong?" How could they be unfavorable to Yuan Gong? ”

Wen Chou did not hide it, and said to Chen Nuo: "Before General Yuan did not get Jizhou, in order to increase his chances of victory, the general had to contact the thieves of Montenegro and Yufuluo to help, and they were just temporary allies. But now, since Jizhou has been taken by General Yuan, and General Yuan is the official of Jizhou and the important minister of the Son of Heaven, he naturally can't get too close to the rebels of Montenegro and the Huns. ”

In troubled times, the reason why the Black Mountain Yu Poison and the Xiongnu Right Xian King agreed to Yuan Shao's request and bluffed for him must have been tempted by Yuan Shao, and the biggest possibility was that Yuan Shaoxu gave them many benefits. But now that Yuan Shao has won Jizhou and is a minister of the Son of Heaven, he naturally can't play with these anti-thieves anymore, and it will be a matter of time before he becomes an enemy.

Chen Nuo figured this out, so he nodded: "So, once Duke Yuan announced his break with them, they immediately turned against each other and wanted to oppose Jizhou." And Yuan Gong, because of the limited strength of Yecheng, had to urgently recall General Wen at this time to deter them. ”

Wen Chou said: "Almost." But since General Yuan had just obtained Jizhou, everything had not yet stabilized, so he naturally didn't want to turn against Montenegro and the Xiongnu so quickly. It's just that these people are really deceiving people too much, they come to ask for a reward today, and they want a reward tomorrow, General Yuan is really fed up, and decided to give them a little color, so he urgently recalled General Ben and conspired to discuss the matter. ”

Chen Nuo thought for a while and said, "Since Yuan Gong plans to deal with Montenegro and the Xiongnu, then it is best to do this matter beautifully." If you don't make a move, you will kill them all! If they escaped and made it resurrect, I was afraid that there would be more trouble later, so I also asked General Wen to bring this to Yuan Gong. ”

Wen Chou nodded.

Chen Nuo said: "Also, this Liyang is an important gateway to the south of the Great River in Jizhou (the Yellow River was called the river water in the Han Dynasty, and the Yangtze River was called the river water), please ask General Wen to go back and tell Yuan Gong that he must select a general to guard it, and he must not do it arbitrarily." ”

Wen Chou glanced at Chen Nuo again and nodded. At this moment, after experiencing the battle during the day and the conversation with him at night, he finally had a deeper understanding of Chen Nuo.

This is a young man who dares to fight, he is not afraid of death, and dares to throw the army into the mortal enemy to survive. But he is not blindly reckless, he still has a clear mind, and he is very thoughtful about everything.

Now that I think about it, Yuan Shao's sentence that Yuan Shao specially instructed him before leaving, "Although he is the last general, he is actually handsome", not only is it not wrong, but it is indeed reasonable, he is not as good as Chen Nuo.

Thinking about this, he was scared of his own words and actions. He has always spoken less and done more, but he didn't expect that he would accidentally say so much for this young man today, and it is indeed unprecedented.

At this point, he still had to continue: "General Chen, don't worry, I will bring your words with you!" ”

He thought for a while, and a look of guilt appeared on his face, "Originally, there are two or three thousand people in this general's camp, and it is no problem for you to give a little to General Chen." However, since I have a heavy responsibility, General Yuan specially explained that I should not divide my troops and go out, so I ......"

It is rare for Wen Choudu to be in such an embarrassed state, and Chen Nuo is not good at saying anything, but he is still waiting for his words.

Sure enough, I only heard Wen Chou continue, "But...... General Yuan explained that General Chen could recruit troops in Liyang for three days, and let Liyang be responsible for the food and grass equipment needed. General Chen, are you satisfied? ”

Hearing Wen Chou say this, Chen Nuo breathed a sigh of relief and arched his hand: "If that's the case, don't worry about this success!" ”

Since Wen Chou finished explaining to him, he also made preparations overnight, and after resting in the city for a night, he rushed back to Yecheng from Liyang with his subordinates in the morning.

Although Wen Chou said that he would not leave people for him, in the end he still left Chen Nuo with some urgently needed grain and grass equipment, and selected a few veterans to give him and asked them to help Chen Nuo recruit new soldiers.

As soon as Wen Chou left, Chen Nuo still had one more thing he didn't understand, that night Wen Chou suddenly came to him to ask for Dian Wei, but when he came face to face with Wen Chou, Wen Chou didn't say a word about it, I don't know why?

Chen Nuo was wondering, and Zhao Xue next to him saw that there was no one in the tent, so he rubbed to Chen Nuo's side, and suddenly asked him in a low voice: "Big brother, are you still thinking about that night?" Hehe, you don't have to think about it anymore. I think big brother, in order to let Dian Wei go, you did not hesitate to risk killing your head and confronted General Wen Chou, can he not remember this great grace Wei Wei? After he returned to Chen to see Zhang Miao, he must have come to you soon, big brother. How do you want to appoint him, big brother, that's not a sentence? ”

Chen Nuo heard Zhao Xue say this, looked at her quirky smiling face, and suddenly understood: "You mean, the envoy of Wen Chou that night was your ......"

Zhao Xue stuck out her tongue and nodded: "Of course I asked someone to pretend, otherwise why did the envoy in front just leave for a while, and the envoy in the back came?" Hey, big brother, I'm smart, right? I know you want to thank me, big brother, right? I don't want anything else, I don't want anything, as long as you can kiss Xue'er, big brother......"

When Zhao Xue said this, she seemed to feel that she had said the wrong thing, her face turned red, and she quickly lowered her head and took three steps back.

When Chen Nuo saw her like this, he couldn't help laughing, shook his head, and deliberately blamed her: "Nonsense, how many times have I told you, as long as you are in the barracks, you will call me a general......"

Before the words could be spoken, Zhao Xue had already vomited several times in a row, which made Chen Nuo's ears explode. Chen Nuo hurriedly smiled and said: "Okay, okay, I know, you have merit, this general will reward you!" ”

"You...... Checkmate...... What do you want? ”

Zhao Xue saw that Chen Nuo was about to get down from the main general's seat, and was so frightened that he took three steps back. Chen Nuo laughed: "Didn't you want General Ben to reward you, General Ben rewarded you." ”

Seeing that Chen Nuo's eyes were shining, staring at her chest, Zhao Xue hurriedly protected her chest with her hands, and didn't dare to stay any longer, so she hurriedly escaped from the tent in a hurry. Seeing that Zhao Xue was scared away, Chen Nuo laughed and ignored it. Just thinking of Zhao Xue letting people pretend to be the messenger of Wen Chou, I really have to admire her wit and cleverness.

I think that in order to move Dian Wei that night, he really sacrificed his life to accompany the gentleman to drink with him, although he was somewhat moved, and let him tell a lot of secrets, but after all, Chen Nuo had no confidence. I think if it weren't for the appearance of the fake and ugly messenger sent by Zhao Xue, so that he could have a chance to perform in front of Dian Wei, he really didn't worry about letting Dian Wei leave like this.

Since Chen Nuo had Yuan Shao's support, he unceremoniously recruited troops inside and outside Liyang City for three days. If you want to recruit soldiers, there will be food where you want to eat, and as soon as the recruitment list is posted, the young people inside and outside Liyang City are all enthusiastically signing up, and two or three thousand people were recruited in three days.

But Chen Nuo knew that with his current military position, it would be somewhat difficult to lead so many people. Although theoretically, this is also reasonable, after all, the establishment is dead, people are alive, and it is a troubled time, let alone anything. But Chen Nuo also knows very well that the soldiers are fine but not too many, and it is good to be greedy, but it is necessary to die if you can't chew it.

Even if he pulls up such a team, where will the huge expenses of this team come from? He works in Sima, so all he can receive is money and food for thousands of people, and who will go to the rest? So after repeated selection, Chen Nuo only left more than 700 people, plus his own original 130 or 40 people, there are even a few thousand people.

After a three-day delay in Liyang, Chen Nuo also had to send troops. After all, the task was urgent, and Yuan Shao didn't leave him time to train the recruits. The only thing that can be used is to march and strengthen the team on the other.

In order to strengthen a contingent, it is natural that first of all it is the issue of strengthening the military discipline of the contingent. Only when the team has military discipline can its heart be unified and the order can be obeyed. There is no military discipline, and everything else is not to be discussed.

For this reason, Chen Nuo first consulted the veterans left by Wen Chou, and after learning from them, he took the essence of it and removed the dross with his own unique insights, turned it into his own set, and integrated him into a thorough understanding. After that, Han Meng and Zhao Xue were specially summoned to the tent, repeatedly emphasized the importance of military discipline to them, and gave them some methods of governing the army. waited until the two of them understood deeply, and Chen Nuo was relieved to throw the matter of military discipline to the two of them to arrest.

As for training, they have to march during the day and rest at night, and they really don't have time, so they can only take advantage of the opportunity of marching, let them exercise first, and teach them some simple skills of holding knives and guns first, as long as they can understand these things, thank God.

Chen Nuo led the army to start from Liyang, landed at Baima Ferry, passed through Dongjun, stayed in Chen, and arrived in Yinjing County, Henan on this day. It is only two or three days away from Yangcheng, Yingchuan County, Yuzhou. However, according to the Tanma report, there is an army in Mi County ahead that is heading towards this side, and it seems that their target is exactly them.

Chen Nuo asked people to explore again, and only then did they know that there were more than 1,000 people coming, under the banner of Sun Jian, and the general of the department was Han Dang.

Now that Sun Jian's subordinates have appeared here, it seems that Yuan Shu has also sent rescuers to Yangcheng, but I don't know what the situation of Zhou Ang is on the Yangcheng side? Chen Nuo sent a scout horse to get in touch with Yangcheng, and on the other hand, he stationed the army on the spot.

Chen Nuo calculated, it was not early at this time, and Han Dang's troops had just arrived in Mi County, even if they rushed over overnight, it would be tomorrow morning. Since the other party's target is them, then they only need to wait for him here to wait for him to come, and it is enough to wait for work.

That night, Chen Nuo gave his soldiers a full meal and let them rest well for the next battle.

After everyone had eaten, the inside and outside of the camp were quiet, and they all lay down to rest, only the lights were still on in Chen Nuo's tent.

He was in the tent by the faint light, looking at the map of Henan and the map of Yingchuan Huang, analyzing the current situation for further deployment. At this time, Zhao Xue suddenly broke in and said to Chen Nuo: "General, although the thieves are still in Mi County, if they use light cavalry to attack overnight and come to attack my camp, then what should the general do?" ”

Chen Nuo raised his head and smiled: "According to my understanding of the horse, Han Dang's department only has thirty or forty light horses, what is he doing here?" Take a step back and say, even if they come running overnight and wait for me, do you think they still have any strength? But what you reminded me is also, I'm also afraid that Han Dang, this kid, won't do anything serious, I have a book here, you sent someone to send it to Han Dang overnight, and he naturally understood when he saw the book. ”

Zhao Xue was slightly stunned, seeing that Chen Nuo was so confident, it turned out that she was worried about herself, and people had already had an idea. Zhao Xue was stunned, seeing that Chen Nuo buried her head on the yellow map again, she didn't dare to disturb Chen Nuo, received the silk book, and went out of the account.