Hearing that Luo Yang and Gan Ning both talked about this, and Gan Ning had saved his life, Zhang Ji couldn't shirk anymore, so he could only nod and agree. Seeing that Zhang Ji finally agreed, Luo Yang
The gloomy look on his face immediately disappeared. He stopped procrastinating immediately and asked Pei Yuanshao to cooperate with Gan Ning to make preparations. He took what should be taken and threw what should be thrown away. While it was still dark, he set off directly on the road, preparing to return to Xiangyang.
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Seeing Luo Yang in such a hurry, Gan Ning also guessed that it must be because he was rushing to take Zhang Ji to treat people. Of course, he would not complain. Anyway, the Jinfan Army did not stay here long, except for the stolen military rations.
There's really nothing to clean up.
The Yongzhu Army came by water and went south along the Xiangjiang River to inquire about the Jinfan Army before finding Gan Ning and others. Therefore, there were five or six large ships parked on the bank of the Xiangjiang River not far away.
, these big ships are much better than the original small boats of Jinfan Army. In Jingzhou, there may not be many others, but the ships are definitely the best in the world. After all, at this time, there is still a lot of loose sand in the east of the river. Jingzhou’s navy can only
It can be said to be the best in the world! And these big ships were all "borrowed" by Luo Yang in Fancheng.
With these big ships, it is of course much more convenient along the way. Now on the Xiangjiang River, apart from Gan Ning's Jinfan Army, there are no blind thieves who dare to attack the Jingzhou Navy. Travel day and night, and soon
, the Yongzu Army rushed directly to the mouth of the last stream of the Xiangjiang River. The Xiangjiang River was divided into four tributaries again, and Luoyang also had to disembark here. Going west is the city of Xiangyang.
Just after landing, Luo Yang met an acquaintance. From a distance, he saw Huang Zhong directing more than a thousand people to line up on the shore. It seemed that he had just landed. When Luo Yang saw him, he hurriedly stepped forward and shouted to Huang Zhong
: "Brother Han Sheng! Brother Han Sheng!"
Hearing Luo Yang's greeting, Huang Zhong turned around, but Luo Yang clearly noticed that Huang Zhong's face was not very good. Looking at the team of less than a thousand people around Huang Zhong, Luo Yang guessed the reason.
When Huang Zhong saw it was Luo Yang, he finally managed to squeeze out a smile on his face, but he was so miserable that he could squeeze out water. He said to Luo Yang, "It turns out to be Zihui! How about it? Did you get the military rations back?"
Zhongxin was so preoccupied with things that he didn't notice the large group of people coming ashore behind Luo Yang, otherwise he would have been shocked.
Luo Yang said with a smile: "Brother Han Sheng, there is no problem on my side. What about your side?"
Hearing Luo Yang's inquiry, the wry smile on Huang Zhong's face became more intense. He pointed at the soldiers and horses following him and said, "Don't you understand after reading this? I traveled all over Jingzhou this time and only transferred
We only caught more than 900 people! As for the food and grass, we didn’t get any at all!”
"Nine hundred people?" Luo Yang was shocked. Although the number of these people was clearly in front of him, when he heard Huang Zhong say this exact number, Luo Yang still couldn't believe it. He shook his head and said: "It's impossible.
Come on! Even if this Jingzhou is short of soldiers and food, it won’t have so many men and horses!”
"This is not a very honorable thing, why did I lie to you?" Huang Zhong sighed longly and explained the reason, "I followed the military order of the governor to go to various cities and counties in Jingzhou to mobilize troops. I thought it would go smoothly.
.But I didn’t expect that except for Shangyong and Nanyang, other cities and counties either had soldiers and horses outside to suppress bandits and could not be deployed, or they were unable to set off because of insufficient military rations. In short, they had various excuses for refusing to follow military orders.
Act!"
"No way! These guys are so bold and disobey the governor's order?" Luo Yang asked in surprise. In fact, he had already understood in his heart that the two cities and counties of Shangyong and Nanyang mentioned by Huang Zhong just now,
Pang Xi, the prefect of Shangyong, and Zhang Zi, the prefect of Nanyang, are all subordinates of Wang Rui. It is natural to obey Wang Rui's orders. The prefects of other cities and counties are all from the Cai and Kuai families. I'm afraid Huang
Zhong returned without success this time, and he is inseparable from the Cai and Kuai families!
Huang Zhong was not stupid. After being excused by the prefects, he understood the fishery involved. However, it was difficult for Huang Zhong to speak out about these dark side activities. He could only say helplessly: "It's not just soldiers and horses, but also food and grass."
!I went to the four places where grain and grass are stored in Jingzhou, namely Changsha, Wuling, Jiangxia, and Nanjun, but these prefects insisted that the grain and grass harvest this year was poor and there was simply not enough to supply us! Nanyang Grandmaster Zhang did have a surplus of grain, but Nanjun had shipped it up before
Yong's army rations were robbed. In order not to delay Shangyong's supply of food, the governor asked Lord Zhang to send the excess rations to Shangyong first!"
Hearing what Huang Zhong said, Luo Yang began to make plans again. It seemed that the Cai family and the Kuai family were clearly going to confront Wang Rui! And from Huang Zhong's words just now, Luo Yang heard that Changsha County, if Luo Yang
If I remember correctly, the governor of Changsha was none other than the short-lived father of the Sun brothers, Sun Jian, who later became the leader of Soochow!
The imperial seal that caused Sun Jian's death in history has now been in the hands of Luo Yang. I am afraid that with the ability of Jiangdong Tiger, it will not be that easy to kill him. And the most important thing is that Luo Yang wants Wang Rui's life. This is
It's going to fall on Sun Jian! Counting the time, I'm afraid Sun Jian will send troops soon! Luo Yang originally planned to go to Xiangyang just like that, but now that he thought about it, Luo Yang suddenly changed his original plan.
"Zi Hui!" Luo Yang was lowering his head and thinking, but Huang Zhong saw the dense soldiers and horses behind Luo Yang at this time, and shouted to Luo Yang in shock: "I remember you only brought two thousand people out, didn't you?
?Why are there suddenly so many more people? This, this, there must be tens of thousands of people here! Where do these people and horses come from?"
Luo Yang glanced at the surprised expression on Huang Zhong's face and couldn't help but smile. At this point, Luo Yang no longer planned to hide it from Huang Zhong, and said calmly: "Brother Han Sheng, this is my secret."
'!"
"Secret, secret?" Huang Zhong suddenly remembered the previous conversation with Luo Yang. At that time, Huang Zhong had guessed that Luo Yang must have some ulterior secret, but Huang Zhong never imagined that Luo Yang's secret would be so amazing!
A private army of ten thousand people! If others knew about this, it would be a crime of treason! Huang Zhong looked at Luo Yang with a complicated expression. Although he still had a trace of loyalty to the Han Dynasty, Luo Yang was his brother after all.
, should I go and report Luo Yang myself?
Luo Yang smiled at Huang Zhong's gaze and didn't care. He turned around and shouted at Pei Yuanshao who was commanding the troops to land. Although after these days of rest, Wenpin was fine.
But Luo Yang still didn't let him come out to lead the army, but let him rest peacefully. Gan Ning had just surrendered. No matter how much Luo Yang trusted Gan Ning, it was hard to hand over the command of the army to him immediately. So these days, help
Pei Yuanshao is commanding the army behind Luo Yang. As for Zhou Cang, it may be okay to charge into the battle, but it would be better for him not to interfere in the matter of dispatching troops and horses.
Hearing Luo Yang's call, Pei Yuanshao immediately rushed over and bowed to Luo Yang. As for Huang Zhong beside Luo Yang, Pei Yuanshao didn't know him, but being so close to Luo Yang, he probably wouldn't be an enemy. However, Pei Yuanshao still didn't take that into account.
He shouted "Lord". Luo Yang nodded and seemed to be very satisfied with Pei Yuanshao's alertness. He said to him: "We are not going to Xiangyang. You should tell the soldiers not to go ashore anymore and get back on the boat immediately! Get ready to cross the river.
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"Here!" Although he didn't know why Luo Yang changed his plan, these were not things he had to consider. All he had to do was to completely implement Luo Yang's order. After responding, Pei Yuanshao turned around and announced
Luo Yang's new order has arrived.
Seeing that the young general immediately carried out the order after hearing Luo Yang's order, a strange look flashed in Huang Zhong's eyes. It seemed that Luo Yang had a high prestige in this army! But after thinking about what Luo Yang had just ordered
After receiving the order, Huang Zhong's expression suddenly changed, he looked at Luo Yang and said, "Zihui, do you want to go to Fancheng?"
"Not bad!" Luo Yang nodded, and admitted his new plan without any hesitation. What Luo Yang had previously considered was to lead his army directly to Xiangyang, wait until Wang Rui was killed by Sun Jian, and then forcibly capture Xiangyang and become
The Lord of Jingzhou. But what Huang Zhong said just now made Luo Yang immediately veto the original plan! Previously, Luo Yang had insufficient budget for the strength of the Cai and Kuai families. He did not expect that the Cai and Kuai families could affect the entire Jingzhou.
If Xiangyang is taken away like this, it may not be a good thing, and it may even be a burden!
So Luo Yang changed his plan, that is, to capture Fancheng first! Now Wang Rui is eager to fight with Cai and Kuai. Even if he captures Fancheng, Wang Rui will not be able to spare the energy to deal with him. Besides,
Even if Luo Yang captures Fancheng, as long as he continues to use the name of the Han army, neither Wang Rui nor Cai or Kuai will easily come to trouble him! Didn't you see that Sun Jian is like this now, even though he is nominally Changsha?
The prefect belongs to Wang Rui's subordinates, but Sun Jian's troops, horses, and food are all self-contained. Wang Rui, Cai, and Kuai don't dare to do anything to him! Now Luo Yang's strength is not much worse than Sun Jian!
Huang Zhong naturally understood Luo Yang's intention of doing this. He sighed and shook his head. Luo Yang now wanted soldiers and food. Huang Zhong really couldn't do anything to him. Luo Yang had gone to Fancheng anyway, Huang
Zhong Ze wanted to return to Xiangyang, but it just so happened that out of sight was out of mind! Immediately, Huang Zhong said: "If that's the case, then I have nothing to say!" After that, Huang Zhong turned his horse's head and started to go.
With the soldiers and horses, they continued towards Xiangyang City.