Chapter 145

In the shortest time, the news that Zhang Xiu led his troops north to meet Cao Cao spread to Xiangyang.

After Liu Biao knew, he was also nervous.

Nanyang County is the gateway to the north of Jingzhou. Once it is broken, Xiangyang will be in danger. Therefore, on the basis of the original 100000 stone grain, Liu Biao specially transferred more weapons and armour to let the soldiers transport them to Nanyang County to help Zhang Xiu resist Cao Cao.

Pang and Huang also got the news. Pang Degong and Huang Chengyan mobilized the family's human and material resources to continuously transport money and grain to Nanyang County to support Zhang Xiu.

These two families are tied to Zhang Xiu.

They are Zhang Xiu's staunch supporters.

So, we all hope to win.

Jingzhou began to get nervous.

When everyone supported Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu took the army to the north and arrived in Luyang county. When the army entered the county seat of Luyang County, county magistrate Lu GUI personally brought people to meet him.

Zhang Xiu told Lu GUI the news that Cao Cao might invade, and let Lu GUI stay in the county to calm the people and stabilize the situation. Then he took the army on his way to Lushan.

If Cao Cao wants to enter Luyang County, he is bound to pass through Lushan and then go to the county seat of Luyang county.

Lushan is a strategic thoroughfare.

It was early February when Zhang Xiu and her army arrived in Lushan, and the weather began to warm. Although it's chilly in spring, it's still a little cold, but there's no snow, and the road is easier to walk.

The sale of anthracite has begun to decline, and the business is much worse.

After all, it's getting warm.

Most of the anthracite coal mined today is stored for use in the next year. Rao is so, Zhang Xiu through anthracite, also earned countless money.

Nowadays, in Yuyang county's money bank, there are countless piles of money, which can't be used up at all.

With the sale of rice paper, Zhang Xiu is rich and powerful.

All the princes in the world, whether Yuan Shao or Cao Cao, or Yuan Shu or Liu Biao, have most of their money. On the one hand, they are supported by powerful businessmen; on the other hand, they have their own property; finally, they collect taxes to obtain money.

Zhang Xiu is different.

Zhang Xiu holds the economic lifeline.

He has anthracite and rice paper to earn money, and some Qu Yuan plows, and enough sources of income. Therefore, although Zhang Xiu is weak in economy, in fact, when it comes to money competition, the vast majority of princes may not be able to compete with Zhang Xiu.

When Zhang Xiu arrived, Pang Tong came down the mountain.

Pang Tong also paid close attention to the situation of Luyang county. He arranged for sentinels to continuously go to the border to inquire for information, and the information he got was quite detailed.

Pang Tong said: "Lord, Cao's troops stationed at the border of Luyang county are about 30000. After these troops arrived, they successively sent spies to inquire about the situation in Luyang county. It's just that I haven't found out the trend of Cao Cao. I don't know if Cao Cao will come in person. "

"He will come."

Zhang Xiu's eyes twinkled with light, and said: "Nanyang County is a strategic place. If Cao Cao wants to win Nanyang, he will certainly take charge of it himself."

Jia Xu stood aside and said, "since Cao Cao's army has arrived, there will be a war next. We can arrange the army defense along the line of Lushan. "

After a pause, Jia Xu added: "in addition, we need to find an ambush place at the frontier, block along the way, and slow down the speed of Cao Cao's entry into Luyang county. In this battle, we don't need to fight head-on, we just need to ambush from the side. "

"Who is this?"

Pang Tong looked at Jia Xu, who was talking, and a trace of doubt appeared on his face.

He didn't know Jia Xu existed.

After all, he has been in Lushan, responsible for Anthracite mining.

Zhang Xiu said immediately about Jia Xu. Pang Tong's eyes twinkled with a light after listening to him. He said with a smile, "I know Mr. Jia. During my stay in Luyang County, I met some businessmen from Guanzhong. They mentioned you."

"Oh, who knows me?"

Jia Xu's face, with a faint smile.

Pang Tong said, "these businessmen all say that you are highly valued by Li Xi and Guo Si and have great ability. For this reason, I specially arranged for people to investigate. I didn't expect that Mr. Jia would become a subordinate of the Lord and a colleague with me. It's really wonderful. "

Jia Xu said: "Pang Jun's praise is wrong. Jia is old and half of his body has been buried in the earth. It's not worth mentioning."

Pang Tong said: "Mr. modest."

Immediately, Pang Tong said, "my Lord, how are you going to fight this time

Zhang Xiu said Jia Xu's suggestion. After listening to it, Pang Tong thought about it and said, "Lord, it's very good to use the landform to block it step by step. However, after leaving the Lushan area and heading north to the Yanzhou border, the road is much smoother. In addition to ambush with the help of topography, Chen Dao's cavalry can also be mobilized to make him mobile and harass. In this way, nature can have an effect. "

"Not bad!"

Zhang xiudao said: "Shi Yuan's suggestion is to the point."He quickly arranged for the troops to be stationed and gave orders to arrange the defense of Luyang county.

After Zhang Xiu was stationed in Yanzhou.

Adjacent to Luyang County, 30000 Cao troops were stationed here.

The leader is Xia Houyuan.

This man is Cao Cao's confidant, and he is quite skilled in the art of war. Xia Houyuan led his troops to the front station. Instead of attacking immediately, he constantly sent spies to inquire about Luyang County, so that Cao Cao could capture Luyang county quickly after he arrived.

"Newspaper!"

A soldier came to the camp and reported, "general, Sikong is here."

"Good!"

When Xia Houyuan got the news, he immediately went out to meet him. Only when he was less than 20 steps away, he saw a middle-aged man with short stature, ordinary appearance and even dark skin coming.

He is ordinary in appearance, but he has the bearing of a superior.

This man is Cao Cao.

XiaHouYuan came forward and said, "at the end of the day, XiaHouYuan, meet Sikong."

"Don't be too polite!" Cao Cao said

The party entered the tent, and the guests and hosts took their seats.

After Cao Cao sat down, another tiger general stood beside him. This man is a big man. Standing beside Cao Cao, he looks like an iron tower.

He stood with his bare hands and two iron halberds on his back. He was full of awe.

He's dianway.

He is Cao Cao's confidant.

Dian Wei was born with divine power and courage in both arms. He was Cao Cao's bodyguard.

Cao Cao's eyes swept over the people below. After taking back his eyes, he fell on Xia Houyuan and asked, "miaocai, you should arrive here first and talk about the situation of Luyang county."

"Here it is

Xia Houyuan got the order and said in a correct way: "back to Sikong, the border between Luyang county and Yanzhou is smooth. But after more than 20 miles, there is a big mountain called Lushan. "

"To capture Luyang County, we must take down Lushan first."

"However, in the front line of Lushan, Zhang Xiu's army has been stationed. According to the information obtained, Zhang Xiu led nearly 20000 soldiers to Lushan and stationed on the front line of Lushan. "

Xia Houyuan said: "Zhang Xiu's intention is to defend with the help of Lushan. I think we have a strong army and can attack Zhang Xiu. "

Cao Cao nodded, thinking.

When it comes to war, Cao Cao has always been extremely cautious. He looked down at a young scholar and asked, "what do you think of fengxiao?"

His name is Guo Jia and his name is fengxiao.

He was not long since he had been subordinate to Cao Cao, but he was highly valued by Cao Cao. Last year, Cao Cao's military adviser was Xi Zhicai, but at the end of the year, Xi Zhicai died of illness and Cao Cao lacked counsellors. Xun Yu recommended Guo Jia.

Cao Cao had a talk with Guo Jia. He was astonished at Guo Jia and trusted him very much.

Discuss with Guo Jia about everything.