After the flotilla left Guancheng for the first time, the fifteen warships returned to Sizhou at full speed as fast as possible, and in less than half a day, the fifteen warships sailed to Luoyang.

At the beginning, Zhang Xiu was also worried that Luoyang would also be flooded, but after arriving in Luoyang, he found that except for the turbidity of the moat and the traces of the east city wall, the entire Luoyang City was intact.

After putting the people down, Zhang Xiu asked Huo Jun to go to the Luoyang granary to get grain, fill the fifteen warships with grain, and then continue to Guancheng to pick up the people and the army back. As for the other fifteen warships, they had already loaded them with grain and clean water and went back to Meishan to pick up Zhang Liao and Ma Chao's army.

In the Great Water of the Central Plains, the logistics officials in Luoyang and Chang'an, who were originally a little easier because of Ma Teng's looting in Yanzhou, were busy again. To settle the affected people, distribute food and grass, build temporary shelters for the people, and so on.

As soon as Zhang Xiu returned to Luoyang City, he also found Zhuge Jin, who was busy. Seeing Zhuge Jin coming to Luoyang's mansion of the cavalry general, Zhang Xiu knew that he was extremely busy, and he was not polite, so he asked directly: "Ziyu, what is the loss on the side of Dashui Sizhou this time?" ”

Zhuge Jin sighed and said, "Miserable! The east of Luoyang was all flooded, and many people were affected. Among them, the people in the central part drowned the most, and those in the south could flee to the mountains to avoid water. In the north, people who originally lived by the Yellow River had boats at home, and many of them drove them into the Yellow River to avoid flooding. After Zhang Xiu heard this, his face was gloomy, and he asked in a condensed voice: "What about the loss of Luoyang City?" ”

Zhuge Jin made a somewhat happy expression and said: "The lord has the name of foresight, and this newly built Luoyang City has a moat that connects with the river in the city. There were many lakes in and out of the city that regulated the amount of water, and this time the flood came, and all the sluices were opened, and the water flowed into the lake. In addition, when the flood came to Luoyang City, there was not much, so Luoyang City was not flooded. ”

Zhang Xiu heard this and nodded, in fact, when Luoyang City was designed and built, he considered that it might suffer from floods. Therefore, both Chang'an and Luoyang City have excavated artificial lakes to divert and regulate, which can be regarded as a great use. After thinking about it, Zhang Xiu asked Zhuge Jin in a deep voice: "Ziyu, what about the Tiger Prison Pass and the Bishui Pass?" ”

Zhuge Jin replied: "Except for the head of the city, all the underside of the city has been immersed. And because the flood came too quickly, many soldiers were too eager to die underwater. And Jin has already organized the people with boats to pick up the soldiers in the two passes, and Shen Tan and Shen Yi will go to Luoyang an hour before the lord, and they will be asked for more details. ”

Nodding, Zhang Xiu waved his hand and asked him to go out and continue to deal with the situation. After listening to Zhuge Jin's words, Zhang Xiu roughly understood the situation under his rule, loss! There is, but it's not as big as expected. The most important thing is that Luoyang City is preserved, if Luoyang City can't be saved, Zhang Xiu is crying and has no tears, you must know that Luoyang City alone can kill Cao Cao for half a state. At the same time, Zhang Xiu was also secretly glad that he was a traverser, and at the same time, he did not have to worry about modifying Luoyang City, saving the excavation of artificial tides and the construction of flood control facilities to regulate water flow.

At this time, Jia Xu on the side suddenly said: "Lord, now that the battle between us and Cao Cao is not over, it is better for the lord to be more vigilant against Cao Cao!" ”

When Zhang Xiu heard Jia Xu's words, his heart sank, and he was surprised: "Now that the Central Plains has become a Ze country, Cao Cao is still in the mood to fight?" After a while, Zhang Xiu continued: "Even if Cao Cao wants to fight, he doesn't have the ability. There is no naval army capable of fighting under his command, and the Central Plains is a Ze country, how can it start a war with our army? ”

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "Not necessarily! Cao Cao can also wave his army to attack Nanyang, and the army of Xiahou in Hebei knows that the flood will flood the Central Plains, and will definitely publicize that the army of the lord will be annihilated. At that time, the morale of the 300,000 army will be greatly boosted, and the situation of Zilong in Hebei is worrying! "Bang 111111"

After Zhang Xiu heard this, he slammed his fist on the table and scolded: "It's all like this, Cao Mengde, this bastard is still fighting in winter!" ”

Jia Xu smiled bitterly and said, "It's uncertain whether Cao Cao will continue to fight, but the lord has to prepare early." ”

Zhang Xiu's body fell after hearing this, waved his hand, and said, "Wen He sent people to Nanyang Gongming and Hanoi Zilong to understand the situation. Even if Cao Cao wants to continue fighting, the army has not returned yet, and the general will not be able to move. After Wen Yuan and Ling Ming come back, let's plan according to the situation. Gongming and Zilong each have 100,000 troops, and Cao Cao can't easily take it, so we can act according to the situation.

After thinking about the overall situation again, Zhang Xiu said again: "Let Zhong Miao divide five warships to Yanzhou to pick up Shoucheng and them back." Now without the deterrence of our army, Chen Liu's 50,000 army can attack to encircle and kill Shoucheng, so it is safe to bring them back first. After hearing this, Jia Xu agreed and left.

Just when the Central Plains had become a Ze country, and Zhang Xiu was busy taking the troops and people back to Luoyang, the situation in Nanyang had turned in favor of Xu Huang.

With such a sharp weapon as Jing Qi, coupled with the strength of the Breaking Front Battalion, if Cao's army did not have fire oil, it would not be able to hold Xiangcheng for too long. It was also because Cao Cao left a large amount of oil when he left, so that Cao Ang was forced to defend Xiangcheng for three more days under the joint attack of Jingqian and Pofeng Battalion and a large army.

It is not a commendable thing for 30,000 and a large army to withstand it for three days in front of other troops. However, being able to defend for three days under the Jingqian team and the 20,000 Breaker Battalion and the masons, Xu Ming, Zhang Ren, and Gao Shun in Zhang Xiu's army all looked at Cao Ang's son differently.

Early this morning, Xu Huang looked coldly at the extremely dilapidated city wall of Xiangcheng, pointed at the city gate with a horsewhip and shouted: "Pass the book and wait for the order, you must capture Xiangcheng today!" You can't take it for a day, and you can't rest for a day! "Killing is not !!"

As soon as Li Yan waved his hand, the Jing Yan team was immediately pushed forward, and Gao Shun saw it behind him, and the spear in his hand was also pointed, and the Breaking Front Battalion immediately advanced under his command! "Crunch 1111111 Crunch 111111"

The soldiers of the Breaking Front Battalion and the Jing Yan team advanced together, and as they were advancing, they only heard a small colonel with good eyes on the well shouting: "General, there are no defenders in the city!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers on the Jing Yan team began to talk about it, but the Breaking Front Battalion below did not say a word and continued to move forward with neat steps. After Li Yan, a member of the Jing Yan team, heard this, he shouted and asked, "Is there a mistake?" ”

The little colonel heard this, patted his chest and replied loudly: "Absolutely not mistaken, how dare the villain deceive the general!" When Li Yan heard this, he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately sent someone to report the matter to Xu Huang.

In the rear army, Xu Huang heard the report sent by Li Yan, but he frowned. After thinking hard to no avail, he turned his head and asked Chen Gong next to him: "Gongtai, what do you think?" ”

Chen Gong stroked his long hair lightly under his chin and said with a smile: "General, just send someone into the city to investigate." ”

Xu Yan frowned and said, "I'm afraid of fraud!" ”

Chen Gong still maintained that light smile, and said: "If my army doesn't advance, what if there is fraud."

Xu Yan heard this, nodded and said, "But it is reasonable." After a pause, he shouted: "Order Li Yan to send five teams of soldiers into the city to inquire about the news, and the rest of the troops will stand by in place!" ”

Li Yan heard Xu Huang's order, and immediately ordered fifty soldiers to go forward to investigate. Sure enough, under the nervous gaze of Xu Huang and others, fifty soldiers arrived under the city gate safe and sound. After one of the soldiers tried to push open the city gate, he immediately came back to report, and Li Yan transferred another 500 soldiers to carry the giant tree forward and knock the city gate open, and the fifty soldiers entered the city.

Xu Huang and the others waited anxiously outside the city, but although they were anxious, the expressions on their faces were calm and relaxed, and this kind of cultivation was definitely not something ordinary people could do.

It is false to say that he is not anxious, the enemy army suddenly disappeared, and Xu Huang can't help but be careless about such a strange situation. I saw Xu Huang gently ride his horse to the side of Chen Palace, and asked in a low voice: "Gongtai, do you think Cao Jun will delay time......

When Chen Gong heard this, he frowned and said: "It is indeed possible, but Xiangcheng is a fortified city of Cao's army, if Xiangcheng is broken, with the strength of my army, we can drive straight to attack Xuchang and the back of Cao's army." It is unlikely that Cao Ang will withdraw from the army, and according to the palace, I am afraid it is a frustrated strategy. ”

"Frustration and Strategy......" Hearing Chen Gong's words, Xu Huang's hand unconsciously touched his chin and made a contemplative gesture. At this moment, he saw two soldiers in the city coming out, Xu Huang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Call them quickly!" ”

Not long after, two soldiers were brought to Xu Min, and one of them reported first: "General Hui, I didn't find any trace of the enemy after I entered the city. The people of the city were gone, and only one empty city remained. The other soldier said something similar.

When Xu Yang heard this, he muttered to himself: "Before the war, the general had already moved a lot of people out of Xiangcheng, and there were not many people in Xiangcheng when he was supposed to be, but now I am afraid that Cao Jun will take the people away."

I saw Chen Gong groaning for a while, and said, "General, what is the situation in the city will have to wait for me to investigate the advanced city before we can find out." ”

Xu Min nodded and said, "What Gongtai said is reasonable. The order went down, let Zhang Ren, Ling Bao, and Li Yan wait outside the city, and Gao Shun led the Pofeng battalion to enter the city with the general! The enemy may attack at any time, "Don't let up!" After the order was given, Xu Huang, together with Chen Gong and Gao Shun, led 20,000 Pofeng battalions and slowly drove into Xiangcheng.

Re-entering Xiangcheng, Xu Huang felt a lot of emotion, especially when he saw the county government that had turned into ruins and had traces of fire, Xu Huang's heart was even more angry.

On the other hand, Gao Shun commanded his soldiers to investigate everywhere, and Chen Gong also patrolled around, but after looking for more than two hours, he didn't find anything abnormal.

Just when Xu Huang was very relieved and was about to call everyone into the city to station, he saw a small school running in from outside the city in a hurry.

Xu Huang saw this little school from a distance, but he felt a little kind, and when the little school approached, Xu Huang had become extremely gloomy. Chen Gong next to him also showed a strange look on his face, and even the always serious Gao Shun had a stunned expression on his face. The little colonel lowered his head and came to Xu Min. He arched his hand and said, "$!" Report to the general......" Xu Min didn't wait for him to speak, snorted lightly, and said, "Raise your head!" When the little colonel heard this, he still didn't dare to raise his head, but he said, "Report to the general, the villain is ugly one by one."

Before he finished speaking, Xu Huang shouted: "Rebel! I thought I wouldn't recognize you if I smeared some ashes on the ashes of the fire! ”

When the person dressed as a small colonel heard this, he raised his head, showed an innocent expression, and called out unexpectedly: "Dad! "This person is Xu Gai, the son of Xu Huang.

Xu Min didn't want to scold Xu Gai in front of Chen Gong, Gao Shun and a group of soldiers, so he just snorted lightly and said, "Needless to say, now go back to Chang'an for your father immediately!" This is the battlefield, not the place where your little ones come! ”

When Xu Gai heard this, he raised his head sharply and said loudly: "Report to the general, Gai is now the eldest prince's personal guard, and he only listens to the eldest prince's orders." If the general wants to cover back Chang'an, and share it with the eldest prince. Gai is here to come on the order of the eldest prince, and there is an important military situation to report to the general! ”

In Zhang Xiu's view, Xu Huang is indeed a good general. However, Xu Huang, who is cautious by nature, is not a good father. For Xu Gai, in fact, Xu Huang loves him very much, but he doesn't know how to teach Xu Gai, otherwise Xu Gai in history would not be unknown. Fortunately, Zhang Xiu had the foresight to gather all the children to teach together. However, for Xu Huang, Xu Gai has always been in awe, and now he can speak loudly in front of Xu Huang in one breath, but it is the first time. When Xu Yan heard this, a trace of anger flashed on his face, and he made an iron attack.

Gao Shun next to him saw Xu Gai's serious expression and knew that Xu Gai should have something important to report, so he grabbed Xu Huang and said, "Gongming, and listen to what Ling Gongzi has to say." ”

Chen Gong also persuaded on the side: "General Gao's words are not true, and I will listen to what Xu Gongzi has to report." ”

Xu Min snorted heavily, glared at Xu Gai and said, "If it weren't for Mr. Gongtai and General Gao's intercession, I would have killed you today!" Seeing this, Chen Gong smiled and asked Xu Gai, "I don't know if the eldest prince has any important military information to inform me and others."

Xu Gai arched his hand and replied: "The eldest prince wants to report to his father and Mr., be careful of Cao's military attack!" ”

Xu Ming, Gao Shun, and Chen Gong heard Xu Gai's words, and at the same time sank. Over there, Chen Gong reacted the fastest, slapped his hands suddenly, didn't speak, and quickly rushed into a private house next to him. Xu Min and Gao Shun glanced at each other and immediately followed.

Xu Gai saw it, Olive smiled, and said from F6: "The eldest prince is really like a god!" The nervous mood that was originally scolded by Xu Yang was also relaxed at this time. Recalling the conversation between Fang Cai and Xu Huang, Xu Gai already knew that Zhang Quan had deliberately arranged for him not to see Xu Huang's intentions, and he was secretly grateful in his heart.

After a while, Xu Gai saw Xu Huang coming out of the house first, holding some sulfur in his hand, and his face was gloomy. It was Chen Gong, who looked at Xu Gai with a smile and asked, "I don't know where the eldest prince is."

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