Chapter 163 Zhang Fei: Guan Lao Er, let’s compare our military exploits!
"Yuan Shao?!"

Jin Mao was surprised and stunned, and couldn't understand why Yuan Shao did this.

Xun You naturally did not expect Yuan Shao's purpose, but that did not prevent him from making suggestions.

"My Lord, the plan now is to delay time, reduce our strength, and find a way to return to Yangzhou."

"Xuzhou counties should be abandoned, but Yangzhou cannot be destroyed."

Jin Mao nodded. As long as he returned to Yangzhou, even if he had no official position, it would be easy for him to control one or two counties with the 50,000 soldiers under his command.

By then, we will have soldiers and food, and we will not be afraid of troubled times.

Xun You stood up and walked to the geomancy map, pointed at Jiujiang County and Yuzhang County, and continued: "I think these two places cannot be lost."

"It is advisable to send heavy troops to guard it."

"Treat others in their own way."

"Great!" Jin Mao clapped his hands and said, "Just like those bastards in Xuzhou stopped me, I can also be like them. No matter who becomes the county governor, he will be sidelined!"

Then, Jin Mao thought of a new question: "How can I return to Yangzhou?"

This is a very detailed question, requiring calculations of food, fodder, supplies, and marching routes.

Moreover, after more than four months, more than half of the food and fodder had been consumed, leaving only more than 700,000 shi of grain and more than 300,000 shi of straw.

Although Jin Mao led people to cultivate land and grow crops in Guangling County, one county could not support the consumption of 100,000 people.

The population of Guangling County is less than 500,000. After the Yellow Turbans and Jin Mao's turmoil, it is good to have 400,000 now.
In terms of population, it is barely on par with Jiujiang County.

Moreover, compared with Guangling County, Jiujiang County does not have to worry about flood disasters.

Guangling County is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Huai River. Whenever the rainy season comes, it can easily become a swamp and grain production cannot be guaranteed.

This is also the reason why Guangling County has a flat terrain with almost no mountains or hills, but a sparse population.

After returning to Yangzhou, what should they do with the food and supplies? When disaster strikes, they have to provide relief to the victims, so food and supplies become a bigger problem.

There is still time.

If you can’t reach a conclusion in one day, then discuss it for a few more days.

However, that night, something unexpected happened.

With the help of the wealthy families in Xuzhou, Tao Qian, Zhang Miao and Liu Dai launched a night attack.

Fortunately, Jinmao had never relaxed his night patrols and sentries, and the night attack ended before he had time to expand his results.

It did not cause any camp riots, but only resulted in hundreds of casualties.

Unfortunately, he got away.

Zhang Miao and his two companions ran back to Chenliu County along the river overnight.

As there was no bright moon tonight, Jin Mao did not order the navy to pursue, but gathered the entire army and waited for dawn.

The next day, early in the morning.

Jin Mao learned that some powerful families in Huaiyin County participated in the night attack, which made it easy for Zhang Miao and his two companions, resulting in casualties.

Otherwise, if Zhang Miao and his two companions want to escape unscathed with less than a thousand soldiers, it would be better for Jin Mao to disband the army on the spot.

"Somebody come!"

Jin Mao was already full of anger, and he would not forgive this time. "Gather all the generals, I want to eliminate the thieves for the country today!"

"Boom boom boom" the sound of war drums once again resounded throughout Huaiyin.

In the big tent, there were forty generals, big and small, led by Huang Gai, Jiang Qin, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Yang Lin and others, all of whom were familiar faces.

Most of them were Imperial Guards who had accumulated enough merit and had a certain ability to lead troops, and were assigned to the recruit camp as officers of the thousand-man level. Others were newly promoted officers from the recruits.

Most of these new officers are literate, have a certain cultural foundation, have top-notch martial arts skills, and outstanding learning abilities, which is why they stand out from nearly 30,000 people.

Among them was a boatman who was promoted to a captain of a hundred men at a lightning speed in just four months.

All I can say is that the talented people are among the people.

"Last night, the rebels forged an imperial edict and attacked our camp, causing ninety-eight casualties."

The first sentence characterizes yesterday's events.

"The traitor has already escaped, so let's remember this vengeance!"

"but!"

Jin Mao said angrily: "There is a group of thieves in Huaiyin County!"

"How dare they open the gates to welcome the thieves, welcome the traitors who forged the imperial edict, and cause chaos right under our army's noses."

"Everyone should punish this thief!"

Jin Mao signaled Xi Zhicai to read out the dozen or so representatives who participated last night, as well as their family ancestral lands.

"I strongly suspect that these people are not only accomplices of the traitors, but also remnants of the Yellow Turbans!"

"Order!"

"Within ten days, I want these traitors to completely disappear from the world!"

If a tiger doesn't show its power, does that really mean it's a sick cat?
The soldiers were also exhausted. They had been doing boring training every day for more than four months, and the guns in their hands had long been polished to a bright shine.

The main thing is that the crotch of my pants is almost rusted!
However, there were only two thousand nurses, and there were too many wolves and too little meat, so the meat had long been divided up by the livestock who had the priority right to choose mates.

Jinmao did not refuse this matter, but had only one request: that both parties be in love with each other.

Thus, the first large-scale blind date in the Eastern Han Dynasty began. The scene was even more exaggerated than a war.

In the end, Jinmao hosted weddings for two thousand couples.

Now half of the nurses in the army are pregnant.

The soldiers present were naturally the best among this group of animals, but there were exceptions.

For example, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Huang Gai.

When Guan Yu and Zhang Fei learned that Xi Zhicai married Miss Jin, they decided to marry one as well. Huang Gai already had a family background, and his son was already able to run before he came out.

Back to topic.

Zhang Fei couldn't help but raise his hand to his chest. This was a military etiquette set by Jin Mao, which was equivalent to "report".

At first, Zhang Fei was not used to it, but after being beaten a few times, he got used to it.

"Yide, what's your question?" Zhang Fei asked with a smile, "Sir, I just want to ask, this can't be something that can't be publicized, right?"

Jin Mao laughed and pointed at Zhang Fei, "Are you so envious of his achievements?"

"Okay, I'll tell you clearly, and tell everyone, that this time the heads will be counted as military merit."

"But there is one thing. If you use the heads of ordinary people to make up the numbers, I will use your head to pay off the debt!"

"Everyone is the same!"

"Yes!" the generals shouted in unison.

After leaving the tent, Zhang Fei couldn't help but pull Guan Yu aside and ask, "Second brother, where are you going?"

Guan Yu was chatting with Huang Gai when he was interrupted by Zhang Fei. He was very unhappy and said, "Where I go is none of your business."

"Hey~ Guan Lao Er!" Zhang Fei's eyes widened: "Don't think you can pretend to be a cultured person just because you studied for a few days!"

"You don't find it disgusting to be so literary?"

"I just want to tell you that I will definitely be able to achieve more military merits this time! More than you anyway!"

Guan Yu glanced at him with his phoenix eyes, then turned his head away and ignored him. Facing Huang Gai, he smiled and continued the previous topic.

This made Zhang Fei very angry.

"Bah!"

"Huang Gongfu, do you dare to fight me for three hundred rounds?"

Huang Gai was speechless. You two are angry with each other, so what's the point of taking it out on me?

In the past few months, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have been invincible under Jin Mao.

Especially Huang Gai. After Guan Yu challenged him, Zhang Fei came. After Zhang Fei finished fighting, Guan Yu came again.

Who should we attack if not him? He is the admiral of the navy and his status is second only to the commander of the imperial guards, Shiraishi.

Later, Huang Gai learned his lesson. Since he couldn't win in infantry or horse battle, he decided to fight you in naval battle.

It really worked, Huang Gai won three games in a row against each of them.

Guan Yu learned from his mistakes and started to learn naval warfare and get used to fighting on boats. Then, he was able to fight Huang Gai to a draw.

Zhang Fei was in bad condition. He felt dizzy as soon as he got on the boat and was completely unable to fight.

Huang Gai was also a man who cared about his reputation. "Come on, come on, get on the boat, I'll fight you for three hundred rounds!"

Zhang Fei immediately said, "I will fight you three times, each for 100 rounds, on foot, on horseback, and on water."

"Let's have a horse fight first!"

Huang Gai was too lazy to pay attention to Zhang Fei, so he turned around and left: "Yunchang, let's go. I'll take you to Sheyang County by water."

"Thank you very much, Gong Fu." Guan Yu received the task of going to Sheyang County.

Since Huaiyin County can go directly to Sheyang County, taking a boat is not much slower than riding a horse, and it is much more comfortable than riding a horse for those who are used to it.

Guan Yu has been trying to get close to Jin Mao just now, just for this matter. Guan Yu has learned a lot following Jin Mao in the past few months.

"Wait!" Zhang Fei said even more unhappily, "Second brother, since you don't ride a horse, lend me your horse."

"One man and two horses, running fast."

Unexpectedly, Guan Yu shook his head and said: "Only the weapon and reputation cannot be borrowed from others."

"No borrowing!"

"If you don't want to lend it to me, then don't lend it to me." Zhang Fei shouted, "You keep saying things that I don't understand. Do you think you are capable?"

"Would you dare to bet with me?"

"Just bet on your warhorse!"

"Okay!" Guan Yu agreed decisively: "I'll bet on your warhorse!"

After saying this, he boarded Huang Gai's boat.

Zhang Fei was so anxious that he jumped up and down: "I said I was betting on your horse! I didn't say my horse!"

Guan Yu ignored it.

Now Zhang Fei became anxious. There were two big clans in Sheyang County. If Guan Yu killed them fast enough, he would definitely not be able to win.

So Zhang Fei mobilized his network to get others to help.

But everyone dislikes Zhang Fei. It's okay that you usually have a bad temper and are always sarcastic.

Do you only think of asking for help when you are in trouble?
What did you do early?
Guan Yu was different. He was studious and motivated, and was able to maintain relationships with his superiors and subordinates.

I can’t say he’s that good, but not only is he very powerful, he’s also very trustworthy. When you ask for help from others, everyone is happy to help.

After all, everyone has difficult times.

But Zhang Fei is different. He only learned the cheating side of Jin Mao and nothing else. He is annoying enough.

After asking for help and finding no one to help him, Zhang Fei mounted his warhorse cursing and prepared to start from the vicinity of Huaiyin County.

After finally finding a fort on the list, Zhang Fei discovered that it had been breached and everyone was fighting for heads.

"Bah!"

"Grandpa Zhang is here, why don't you get out of the way!"

After saying this, Zhang Fei rode his horse and wanted to seize the merit of battle.

Unexpectedly, this was an elite team, with some people specially guarding the rear. When they saw Zhang Fei trying to rob, they stood in a row across the middle of the road.

The meaning is very clear: if you have the ability, just come over and crash into us, and we’ll all be doomed together!
Zhang Fei roared with red eyes: "Get out! Get out of here!"

It looks kind of scary.

Sure enough, someone in front squatted down in fear.

Zhang Fei was overjoyed, imagining the scene of jumping over the group of people on his horse and rushing in to grab the merit of the battle.

The next moment, Zhang Fei saw these people standing up again, holding spears and lances in their hands. If he really rushed forward, there would definitely be casualties.

"Herod!"

The warhorse roared and stood up on its feet just before it hit the man. Zhang Fei was very angry.

What a bunch of fearless bastards!
Is it worth it for a little military achievement?
(End of this chapter)