"By the way, there was something that I had to ask the lord for instructions before doing it, but during the day, the lord and the second lady went out to play, so the subordinates cut it first and then played." Zhuge Ruoxue smiled.

Zhang Lang showed a look of listening.

Zhuge Ruoxue continued: "General He Kui sent someone to ask for grain and grass, and I have already sent someone to send it to them. ”

Zhang Lang nodded, "You did a good job!" He smiled slightly, "Not everything needs to be decided by me, since you are my Jiangdong assassin history, you should naturally be responsible for the big and small affairs that happen here." Zhuge Ruoxue's delicate face turned red for no reason, she didn't dare to look at Zhang Lang, lowered her head, and brushed her sideburns hair, she often used this action to ease the uneasiness in her heart.

Zhang Lang saw Zhuge Ruoxue's white clothes winning the snow, green silk like clouds, and the cold moonlight reflected on her body, hazy and illusory, as if the Guanghan fairy was in the dust. Zhang Lang couldn't help but be stupid, and then his index finger moved, and he couldn't help but reach out and grab Zhuge Ruoxue's slender hand. Zhuge Ruoxue's delicate body trembled, hurriedly glanced at Zhang Lang, and quickly lowered her head, her delicate face turned crimson like Tu Tong, and the Guanghan Fairy who was high above seemed to have fallen into the dust at this moment. Zhuge Ruoxuefang's heart was pounding, and the love that she had never had in the past 20 years lingered in her heart, some panicked, some confused, some excited, and some expectant.

Cough! A cough suddenly came from behind Zhang Lang.

Zhuge Ruoxue withdrew her slender hand in shock, hanging her head in a panic and almost wanting to find a hole to get into.

Dong Ying, who was dressed in military uniform, stepped forward and looked at Zhuge Ruoxue, who was infinitely shy, and Zhang Lang, who pretended to be nothing.

"Am I not at the right time?" Dong Ying asked playfully.

Zhuge Ruoxue was even more at a loss, Zhang Lang smiled and said, "Look at what you said, what is called not the right time?" By the way, isn't there something going on? ”

Dong Ying glanced at Zhang Lang angrily and said, "There is a person who has come to join the eldest brother and is now waiting in the lobby of the Assassin's Mansion. ”

"Take refuge in me? Who is it? ”

"Gao Yan!"

Zhang Lang, accompanied by Dong Ying and Zhuge Ruoxue, walked into the hall of the Assassin's Mansion and saw a burly-looking, armored, somewhat wolf-like, and restless man standing in the hall. This person was the one who secretly left Cao Ren Li Dian's Gao Lan.

"General Gao Ran." Zhang Lang raised his voice.

Gao Ran heard the voice, hurriedly looked towards the door, saw Zhang Lang and others, and hurriedly came over to bow and salute: "The sin general Gao Ran greets the general!" ”

Zhang Lang stepped forward to help Gao Ran, and Gao Ran's nervous heart couldn't help but calm down a lot.

Zhang Lang glanced at Gao Ran and said with a smile: "Isn't General Gao Lan with Cao Ren and Li Dian?" Why are you here? ”

Gao Ran showed a look of shame, hugged his fists and said: "Cao Ren doesn't listen to the advice, and he doesn't allow me, the sin will be helpless, so he can only abandon him to join the Ming Lord, I don't know if the general can accept it?" ”

Zhang Lang said with a smile: "I am very happy that General Gao Ran can take the initiative to come to me. If General Gao Ran doesn't dislike it, then be a personal guard general by my side for the time being. Gao Ran was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked: "Thank you for the great grace of the general!" Zhang Lang helped him up and said with a smile: "I hope that the general can make contributions under my command and live up to the man's body." Gao Ran swore solemnly: "The last general will live up to the general's expectations!" Zhang Lang smiled and nodded, "I believe!" Then he rushed to the door and shouted, "Someone." ”

Xiao Long, who was guarding the door, immediately came in, hugged his fists and said, "What does the general command?" ”

Zhang Lang pointed at Gao Ran and said, "General Gao Ran is now my personal guard general, transfer a team of tiger guards to him, and take General Gao Ran down to arrange accommodation." Xiao Long promised, and then asked Gao Lan, Gao Ran thanked Zhang Lang again, and then said goodbye to Dong Ying and Zhuge Ruoxue, and followed Xiao Long down.

After Xiao Long left, Dong Ying frowned and said, "This Gao Ran doesn't know if he really came to surrender to Cheng, so you will appoint him as the general of the guard?" ”

Zhang Lang smiled but did not speak.

Zhuge Ruoxue explained: "Second lady, Gao Ran can't be a fraud! ”

"Why are you so sure?"

Zhuge Ruoxue smiled and said, "Gao Ran, this person has always been very practical! At the beginning, Yuan Shao was powerful, so he hurriedly took refuge in Yuan Shao, and later Yuan Shao was defeated by Cao Cao and declined, he did not hesitate to open his jaw and take refuge in Cao Cao, now the general is very good, the unification of the world has been the trend of the times, and it is natural to defect to Cao Cao with a high character! ”

Dong Ying frowned and said, "Having said that, I can't be completely sure!" ”

Zhang Lang smiled and said, "That's why I asked him to be a personal guard general first." ”

Dong Ying was stunned, understood, glared at Zhang Lang, and said angrily: "You have been making trouble for a long time, and you have put people you don't trust by your side to be a personal guard general!" ”

Zhang Lang hurriedly held Dong Ying's slender hand and asked softly, "You can't doubt your eldest brother's heart for you, right?" He raised his right hand and swore solemnly: "Big brother's heart for you can be opened to face the heavens, the earth, the sun and the moon!" Dong Yingfang's heart trembled, she glanced at Zhang Lang with a red face, and said angrily: "Don't be ashamed to speak!" ”

Zhuge Ruoxue watched from the sidelines, and a sour feeling rose in her heart for no reason.

Zhang Lang and Dong Ying shook hands and lowered their hands, then turned their heads and asked Zhuge Ruoxue: "Ruoxue, how long do you think Cao Jun trapped in Chaohu can hold out?" ”

Zhuge Ruoxue put her chaotic thoughts behind her and thought, "According to the information I got before, those 20,000 sailors can hold out for five or six days at most. The more cautious we are at this time. Zhang Lang nodded, and said to Zhuge Ruoxue: "Then give He Kui another order, let him be vigilant, be careful, and go not to leave this water army!" ”

Zhuge Ruoxue nodded.

On the same day, Zhang Lang's army captured Chaisang, and then Zhang Lang saw Zhuge Ruoxue, sent He Kui to lead his 50,000 troops along the river to the south, before the 20,000 Cao army sailors in Chaohu Lake realized that something was wrong, they pulled up the iron cable and laid down wooden stakes at the mouth of the Chaohu River, and set up a camp on both sides of the mouth of the river to clamp the mouth of the river, completely blocking the 20,000 Cao army in Chaohu Lake. This naval army was originally arranged by Cao's army in Chaohu to guard against Huainan's Lü Bu army, and when they learned the news of Cao Ren's defeat and the loss of important towns along the river, they were about to leave Chaohu, but they found that the mouth of the river had been sealed. At the beginning, this Cao army tried to break through, but it pretended to break through the blood flow at the mouth of the river, and it couldn't break out at all, this is really the world's report, not long ago, they laid a trap here to annihilate the main force of Sun Jian's army, but now they were sealed in the lake by Lu Bu's army.

At the same time as He Kui led the army to blockade, Zhang Liao, who was sitting in Huainan, received Zhang Lang's order and immediately sent the Leopard Tao Army south to Chaohu to cooperate with He Kui's troops to besiege Cao's naval army in Chaohu.