"Oh, General Gao is really powerful!" Jia Xu stretched out his thumb and praised, and then said: "That's the case, there must always be a time limit for writing an IOU, so it's better to write a one-month period, I think General Gao must have this confidence." ”

"Ahh This..."Gao Ran didn't expect Jia Xu to be waiting for him here. It's just that the words are spoken, and there is absolutely no reason to take it back, so he nodded stubbornly and said, "Okay, just write the January period." ”

Saying this, Gao Ran was really thinking in his heart, even if he didn't give it to you after a month, what would it be, could it be that you still dare to snatch it? That would be tantamount to a war with Yuan Shao, presumably the other party does not have such guts.

In this way, with Gao Ran's consent, it was written that the borrowing of the city of Tuoketuo for one month was written. After seeing that Jia Xu carefully put it away, he said: "In this case, please accompany the army to Tuoketo, where there are still some of our military items to be transferred." ”

"Hey, it's just some grain and grass, who eats it and doesn't eat it? Just lend it to us first. As soon as Gao Ran heard that there was still grain and grass in Tuoketuo City, he immediately felt that his eyes lit up, and then he said in a strong tone.

"This... Not so good. Jia Xu looked embarrassed.

"What's wrong, don't you know, this time our pastor Yuan swept through Youzhou with an army of 300,000, but we used a lot of grain, and now there is a shortage of grain and grass, so you should lend it to us." Gao Ran did say with a decisive attitude.

As soon as he heard the words of the 300,000 army, Jia Xu's face changed and said: "In this way, then I will lend it to you together, but I have to talk about it, and this thing has to be returned." ”

"Yes, I will definitely pay it back." Gao Ran laughed.

Gao Ran and Hu Chuquan led their five armies from under the city of Yinguan and headed straight for Tuoketuo City.

Seeing them walk away, Huang Zhong asked with a puzzled face: "Master Jia, why do you want to give them food if you borrow the city to pay it back?" Although it is said that Yuan Shaobing has many generals, I should not be afraid of him. ”

"Hehe, who said we were afraid of them. We're just borrowing their forces to fight Yass and the others. Saying, if you borrowed the city, you want to have food, how much do you think there is in the city? Could it be that General Huang forgot that I had arranged for someone to go there and transport the grain out in two days? Jia Xu said with a smile on his face.

As soon as he heard Jia Xu's reminder, Huang Zhong remembered that when he heard that Gao Ran and Hu Chuquan were coming to Yanmen with a large army, he had an order to transport grain. At that time, he was still curious, but now he understands that everything is in the plan of the military advisor. Immediately, he smiled and said, "It's still a military advisor." It's just that the city lent them a month, will it really be repaid? ”

"Hehe, the IOU is in our hands, and it's not up to them to decide." Jia Xu still has a confident face. Today's conversation seems to be passive, and even has the intention of being frightened by Gao Ran's 300,000 troops of Yuan Shao, but in fact everything is in his plan.

Where does Gao Yan know this? After leading the army around the city of the Yin Pavilion, his face was extremely excited.

Hu Chuquan also looked at Gao Ran with extremely admiring eyes and said, "General Gao, you are really powerful." Not only did I borrow the city, but I also got grain and grass, which is really unthinkable. ”

Being praised like this, Gao Ran was indeed excited and said, "What is this." It's all because the lord standing behind me is amazing. Hum! What bullshit generals, if they are disobedient, the lord can march at any time and destroy them. So General Hu, you see, this is the advantage of being strong, after you calm down the civil strife, I think you will become the new Xiongnu Shan Yu, at that time, you should follow in the footsteps of my lord, and at that time, even Zhang Chao will not dare to embarrass you. ”

"Yes, yes." After seeing Gao Ran's strength today, Hu Chuquan was indeed very impressed, and he also had the idea of whether to defect to Yuan Shao.

Succeed in getting to the city and the grain and grass, and Gao Lan is extremely excited after all the way. When the army arrived in Toktor City, he quickly accepted the management of the place, and he was even more happy. But when I arrived at the place where the grain and grass were piled up, I was a little dumbfounded.

It is true to say that there is grain and grass here, but there is a huge warehouse, and there is only one bag for yourself. I'm afraid it's less than a day's ration for a hundred soldiers.

Looking at this lonely bag of grain, Gao Ran was very angry, and Hu Chuquan was also very angry, and at the same time felt a feeling of being played.

"Humph! I have written down this matter of the state army, and when I turn back, I must tell my lord and give them a little color, as for now, we still occupy the city of Tokto, and this is a place for us to maneuver, so that even if there is not much food, we should fight quickly, and give them a blow in the head. Gao Ran forcibly swallowed this bad breath and turned his anger on those rebellious Huns.

I won't go into detail about how Gao Ran and Hu Chuquan fought with Yasi and Ada. Just talking about Jinyang City, soon, the matter that Yuan Shao sent an army to borrow Daoyin Pavilion City and borrowed Tuoketuo City quickly spread to Zhang Chao.

At the same time, Guo Jia and Lu Su, who learned the news, including Xu Shu, who came back from Huguan to report the situation, all came to the Mussal's Mansion.

Dian Wei, the chief of the guard on duty, saw that the three military divisions were coming together, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he went into the room to report, and then said to the three when he came out: "Military divisions, the lord invites you in." ”

"Warden Guard, how is the lord in his mood?" Guo Jia was indeed not in a hurry to enter, but cautiously asked Xiang Dianwei.

"My lord? The lord is very good. Dian Wei touched his head and replied a little inexplicably.

"Oh." Hearing that Zhang Chao was as usual, Guo Jia breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Lu Su and Xu Shu behind him: "Please look at my eyes when the two of you go in for a while." ”

"Let it go." Both of them nodded, they didn't expect Jia Xu to be able to make important decisions in private, they really didn't know that the lord would be so decisive when he found out.

Zhang Chao employs people and is different. As the main father, the people below will pay attention to the movement of the people, and even in order to take care of the influence, there are very few contacts. I am afraid that I will be said to be a party for personal gain, becoming a small circle, and seeking interests.

He also said that only by having a deeper understanding of each other can we know each other's strengths and weaknesses, and can we better play our respective abilities, so that once someone does something wrong, others can also remind each other.

Zhang Chao allowed the people below to move around each other, which was purely out of a show of self-confidence, proving that he was not afraid of the emergence of any small circle of forces, nor was he afraid of what threat anyone would pose to him.

In other words, this method of employing people is indeed somewhat dangerous. At least throughout history, there have been very few Ming dukes who have dared to do this. But Zhang Chao did just that, so that these ministers were grateful and trusted, and at the same time, they were more loyal to him.

It is precisely because of the more people who move around that the relationship between them naturally becomes much closer. For example, this time, after Jia Xu made a decision in private, Guo Jia and others, who were friends, became worried, so they wanted Zhang Chao to come here to play the side drum and say good things, at least the possible anger would be minimized.

This time, when Xu Shu came from Huguan to report to work, Guo Jia called the two of them to see the lord together, also to add more chips.

Under the guidance of Dian Wei, the three of them entered the conference hall and saw Zhang Chao standing in front of the sand table and contemplating. And on the sand table, there is indeed no flag to be planted on the city marked with Tuoketo.

Guo Jia often sees this sand table, and he knows the original appearance of this place best. Now when I saw that there was not even a single flag planted on the city of Tuoketo, I was shocked in my heart. He remembered very clearly, in the past, there was a red flag planted here, proving that this was the lord's territory, but now there is nothing, could it be...

Guo Jia was a little panicked in his heart, of course, more worried about his friend Jia Xu. The lord immediately pulled down the red flags, which means that he is well aware of everything that happens there, and even very concerned.

Just when Guo Jia was still thinking about how to explain the matter of Tuoketuo City to the lord for Jia Xu, Zhang Chao also saw the three of them, and said with a smile on his face, "So Qi, all three of them are here, sit down." ”

As he spoke, Zhang Chao had a red flag in his hand at some point, and then fiddled, and he also sat on the main seat.

Looking at the red flag in his hand, Guo Jia had already guessed that it was likely to be pulled out of Tuoketuo City just now, if this is the case, the lord should not have made a decision on the affairs of Yanmen, so it is not too late to say something.

Thinking of this, Guo Jia breathed a sigh of relief, and then wanted to talk about it. It's just that Zhang Chao is one step faster than him and asks: "Fengxiao, how is the training of the newly requisitioned soldiers in the city?" ”

"Everything is going according to plan, and after three months of emergency training, they will be assigned to divisions, and regiments will be trained in conjunction with veterans."

Guo Jia had just finished answering this question out of instinct, and Zhang Chao nodded as if he was satisfied: "In the future, if any soldier joins the army, he must first go through three months of emergency training. Key elements are selected from among the veterans to serve as their instructors. After March, they can join the veteran corps for cooperative training, so that they can better exert their combat strength, and this matter must be passed down through a rule of law and regulations. ”