Chen Li's words rekindled the fire of hope in Yuan Yao's heart.
"May I ask where Liu Pan set up camp?"
"Jingzhou soldiers and horses are camped four miles south of the city."
Yuan Yao and his party finally arrived before the sun set and flew outside Liu Pan's camp.
Viewed from the outside, the Jingzhou military camp is perfectly built, with guard towers, fences, and echelons of horse and deer antlers.
There is a majesty that cannot be violated everywhere.
Seeing the Jingzhou army coming prepared, Yuan Yao's feverish brain sobered up a lot.
In the blink of an eye, Yuan Yao figured out Liu Pan's purpose.
In other words, he understood Liu Biao's intention.
The five thousand Jingzhou Army is already a considerable military force. Even if Liu Pan is Liu Biao's nephew, he has no right to mobilize so many troops.
Liu Pan's actions were undoubtedly inspired by his uncle, Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou.
Liu Biao's intention couldn't be more obvious.
He just wanted to send troops to help Zhuge Xuan defeat his rival Zhu Hao, so that Zhuge Xuan once again owed Liu Biao a huge favor.
Why do we say "again" here?
That's because Yuan Yao knew that Zhuge Xuan was Liu Biao's subordinate before. After the news of Zhuge Gui's death reached Zhuge Xuan, Zhuge Xuan asked Liu Biao to resign and wanted to go home to deal with Zhuge Gui's funeral affairs.
Liu Biao did a favor and sent Zhuge Gui as an envoy to the court. After that, he directly asked Zhuge Xuan to return to Taishan County to handle Zhuge Gui's funeral affairs.
These two people are related by friendship.
If Zhuge Xuan is allowed to accept Liu Biao's favor again, there is no doubt that Zhuge Xuan, who is weak and weak, will inevitably lead the entire Yuzhang County to Jingzhou and submit to Liu Biao's command.
This is not only determined by the friendship between the two, but also by the geographical environment of Yuzhang.
Although Yuzhang County is a county under Yangzhou, it is close to Jingzhou. Compared with the chaotic state of Yangzhou where the heroes were divided, Liu Biao unified the eight counties of Jingxiang.
Submitting to Liu Biao was obviously much safer than continuing to be a vassal of Yuan Shu.
Although Zhuge Xuan was elected as the prefect of Yuzhang by Yuan Shu, the two men only had a nominal affiliation.
Just like Yuan Shu allowed Sun Ce to cross the Yangtze River, Yuan Shu was not optimistic about what Sun Ce or Zhuge Xuan could do, and basically did not provide them with military, horse, money, or food assistance. He only gave them nominal official titles.
History has already given the answer to Zhuge Xuan's choice.
Historically, after Zhuge Xuan was defeated by Zhu Hao and Zuo Rong of Liu Yao's forces, he took his family directly to Liu Biao in Jingzhou.
Otherwise, the story about Liu Bei visiting the thatched cottage three times would not have happened in Jingzhou.
However, since you, Liu Biao, dare to stretch your hand across the border, you must be prepared to steal the chicken but lose the rice!
Since you, Liu Pan, have taken the lead, I might as well give you a trick to drain the fire!
"Chen Gongcao, what you and Prefect Zhuge did is not fair!"
Yuan Yao suddenly put on airs and looked coldly at Chen Li who was leading the way.
Chen Li thought Yuan Yao was blaming him for helping Zhuge Xuan receive the Jingzhou army, and his heart skipped a beat.
"General Yuan, I...I am just a small meritorious officer, just acting according to the orders of the prince!"
Before he could explain, Yuan Yao interrupted him forcefully:
"You and Prefect Zhuge, as masters, did not handle this matter properly today!"
"How can a master treat his guests favorably?"
"Those Jingzhou generals who were invited to the prefect's mansion by you are all very popular. But those who stayed behind in the camp, I'm afraid they can't even smell the smell of meat, right?"
Chen Li's face was red and white. He didn't know whether he was amused by Yuan Yao's thinking or what.
"General Yuan, when the former governor Zhou Gong was in office, the treasury was almost empty."
"This time Duke Zhuge entertained General Liu Pan, he had to borrow money from some wealthy families in the city for food, wine and meat... This is already not easy!"
"Hey... at least we can do everything. Duke Zhuge Mansion has only been in office for a few months. You officials in this county should worry about the affairs of Yuzhang County for Duke Zhuge Mansion!"
Chen Li nodded quickly: "That's right, that's what General Yuan said! It was the officer's negligence!"
"Since there is some negligence, we should take some remedial measures quickly!"
"It's not too late to make up for the situation before it's too late!"
"I just happened to have brought some wine and meat here. I was going to give it to Zhuge Prefect, so why not do it as a favor to Zhuge Prefect here!"
Yuan Yao waved his hand, and more than a hundred cavalrymen behind him opened the cloth bags hanging on their horses.
Only then did Chen Li realize that underneath these cloth bags were not dry food, but whole fans of pork and mutton and whole hanging wine bags and wine bags.
"These wine and meat, Chen Gong Cao can send them to the Jingzhou military camp to reward the troops on behalf of Zhuge Prefect!"
"People have come all the way from Jingzhou to help our army in the war. Why should we do our best to serve as landlords and make sure they have enough to eat and drink?"
Chen Li was greatly surprised. Thousands of Jingzhou troops came here, but they came to compete with you for Yuzhang County. How could you do it and bring wine and meat?
But Chen Li did not dare to say these things in his heart. He just forced a smile and said: "How embarrassing is this? How can I borrow General Yuan's military resources to reward his army?"
"Hey..." Yuan Yao shook his head: "To me, these wine and meat are a drop in the bucket. There are still dozens of trucks of wine and meat on the way to be transported. In this weather, if we don't eat it quickly, it will turn rancid and smelly!"
"That's it." Chen Li bowed deeply: "I would like to thank General Yuan on behalf of the governor and the people of Yuzhang!"
"General Yuan's generosity will never be forgotten by our fellow soldiers and people in Yuzhang!"
Yuan Yao waved his hand: "Okay, it will get dark soon. If we go in now, we can still make it in time to give them an extra meal for dinner!"
"General Yuan wants to go in too?"
Chen Li was a little puzzled. Liu Pan, the general, was not here, so why did you lower your status and go in?
"Don't worry, Chen Gongcao. General Liu is not here today, so I won't reveal my identity when I go in."
"I will serve as Chen Gongcao's entourage and carry all this meat and wine in for him."
Chen Li finally came to his senses. Could it be that Mr. Yuan was a man of great wisdom and foolishness?
Dare you come here to find out more about the Jingzhou Army?
But now that the matter has come to this, he has no extra choice.
With Chen Li taking the lead in explaining his intention, the Jingzhou Army guards let him go with a smile on his face.
After Chen Li entered the camp gate, he turned around again, and as expected, what he was most worried about happened.
Yuan Yao and Huang Yi disappeared directly.
…
There are three straw men standing in an open space somewhere in the Jingzhou Army camp.
A hundred steps away, Huang Zhong closed his eyes and stood still, as if feeling all things in the world.
As the last ray of sunset dipped below the horizon, the sky was already extremely dark.
After an unknown amount of time, Huang Zhong suddenly opened his eyes, and his eyes suddenly burst out with bright light, staring directly at the three straw men a hundred steps away.
At this time, it seemed that he and the three straw men were the only ones left in the world.
As a breath of turbid breath came out of Huang Zhong's mouth, the powerful bow on Huang Zhong's back appeared in his hand at some point.
You couldn't even see him drawing an arrow from his quiver or attaching an arrow to the bowstring. With just one breath, the heads of the three straw men each had an arrow.
Each arrow cannot be described as penetrating into the wood. Instead, it shot directly through the wood where the straw man was tied, and three dark arrows emerged from the other end.
And of these three arrows, when the first arrow broke through the wood, the third arrow just touched the straw man.
In other words, Huang Zhong shot three arrows in just one breath.
But it's not over yet.
I saw Huang Zhong take another deep breath. This time, although I still couldn't see clearly how he pulled the arrow out of the quiver, it was rare to see him holding his breath and concentrating, bending the bow and setting the arrow.
But this time, Huang Zhong had three feather arrows in his hand at the same time.
At the moment when the string was loosened, the three arrows made a sound of breaking through the air at the same time, and then the three feather arrows hit the three straw men again at the same time.
Moreover, the power of these three arrows was no weaker than the first one, and they all shot through the log as thick as a fist.
Bang bang bang!
There was a sudden sound of high-fives near the three straw men.
"General Huang is indeed worthy of his reputation as a marksman!"
"Under such almost invisible conditions, he can shoot these six arrows at the speed of ghosts and gods. Each arrow has the power to break rocks. Even if he can penetrate a poplar with a hundred steps, it is not enough to describe the general's shooting skills!"
Huang Zhong squinted his eyes and saw a young general walking towards him with a smile on his face.
"Who are you and why have I never seen you in the military?"
Yuan Yao smiled and said: "General Huang, don't get me wrong. Although I am wearing armor, I am not a member of the army. I can say that I am no threat to you!"
"You are not a general in the army, so why are you here?"
"I just admire General Huang's majesty and good shooting skills, so I came here because of his reputation. I have no ill intentions towards you!"
Although Huang Zhong was wary, he allowed Yuan Yao to approach slowly.
Archery can only be said to be Huang Zhong's second specialty. The real winner is the sword on his waist.
As Yuan Yao approached ten steps away, Huang Zhong finally shouted: "Please stop!"
Yuan Yao naturally did not dare to disobey Huang Zhong and stopped immediately.
Huang Zhong suddenly turned to one side and saw a black shadow behind him. He jumped into the air and fell to the ground.
Huang Zhong flipped his wrist, and the bowstring turned over and was directly tied to the man's neck.
"Tell me! Where did the details come from? What is the purpose of the sneak attack on this general!"
"Did Zhu Hao send you here? If you don't tell me, I will strangle your companion to death!"
Huang Zhonghu's eyes widened, and he already thought that Yuan Yao and the people who attacked him were a group.
This time, the black figure was strangled tightly. The man was pressed under Huang Zhong and couldn't breathe.
As long as Huang Zhong is willing, he can cut this man's Adam's apple with a bowstring at any time.
Yuan Yao was shocked: "General Huang, stay here!"
"Don't kill your nephew!"
Huang Zhong was confused and didn't react for a while.
Yuan Yao was so anxious that he jumped on the spot because Huang Yi's face had turned the color of pig liver at this time.
If Huang Yi dies, who will he find as a scapegoat?
Although it was very dark, Yuan Yao looked very white, so it was easy to see his face clearly.
Huang Zhong could tell at a glance that the white-faced young man in front of him posed almost no threat to him, so he relaxed his grip.
Then, like lifting a chicken, he grabbed Huang Yi's neck with one hand and lifted him up.
Huang Yi finally squeezed out a voice: "Uncle..."
Seeing the familiar face of the person in his hand, Huang Zhong, who had always been calm and reserved, was shocked and quickly let go of his hand.
"Nephew, why are you here!"
Huang Yi fell to the ground with a thud, covering his neck and gasping for air.
Yuan Yao finally came up and saw that Huang Yi could not die for the time being. He let out a sigh of relief and kicked Huang Yi hard.
"I've warned you not to have any evil thoughts about your uncle, but you didn't listen!"
Huang Zhong blushed when he heard this, as if he was remembering the past events with this unlucky nephew when he was in Nanyang.
So he quickly helped Huang Yi up and slowly patted his nephew on the back.
"Ahem..." Huang Yi coughed continuously for a while before returning to normal.
"Uncle, you are so deadly!"
"That's not how it was played before!"
"Your uncle was just teasing you before. Otherwise, do you really think that your three-legged cat kung fu can get close to your uncle?"
Yuan Yao also helped support Huang Yi and said disdainfully.
For a period of time after Yuan Yao traveled through time, he chased Huang Yi and asked questions every day, but he never left Huang Zhong. Every day, Huang Zhong was better than Huang Zhong.
Huang Yi couldn't stand Yuan Yao's teasing, and told Yuan Yao almost everything that happened when he got along with Huang Zhong from childhood to adulthood several times.
Unable to withstand Yuan Yao's coercion and inducement, Huang Yi wrote more than ten letters to Jingzhou in an attempt to contact his uncle.
But there was still no news.
Entering the Jingzhou military camp today, it was easy to find out that there was indeed a lieutenant general in the army named Nanyang Huang Zhong, and he practiced archery in the evening every day. Huang Yi immediately concluded that this man must be his uncle.
It's strange to say that this Jingzhou military camp looks strict and majestic from the outside, but when you come in, you find that the soldiers inside are like bandits, in small groups, gathering for gambling, drinking and soliciting prostitutes.
It's no wonder that when the soldiers guarding the gate heard that Chen Li said he was bringing wine and meat to reward the troops, they didn't even ask for permission and just opened the gate to let them all in without saying a word.
After coming in, Yuan Yao and Huang Yi wore different armor from the Jingzhou Army and ran around without anyone paying attention.
I randomly picked up two soldiers on the road, spent a few coins to find out the news about Huang Zhong, and even took the initiative to lead the way.
Zheng Bao, who was born as a thief chieftain, would frown at this military appearance and military style. It was almost the same as Chen Yu's base camp at that time.
But when we arrived at the branch camp where Huang Zhong was located, everything became different.
Although Huang Zhong's troops are not large in number, they are all neatly dressed and orderly.
The leader did not dare to enter Huang Zhong's branch camp. He only took Yuan Yao and Huang Yi to the door of Huang Zhong's barracks and ran away.
Fortunately, Huang Yi introduced himself to his family and took off his sword, so some soldiers took the two of them to the place where Huang Zhong practiced archery with suspicion.
After observing along the way, Yuan Yao also made a rough guess, and he became more and more delighted.
Huang Zhong must have done the hard work of cutting down trees to build camps and building antlers to keep horses away!
Look at the barracks of this sub-camp, they are almost carved out of the same mold as the entire Dazhai.
But after so much hard work, Liu Pan brought his generals above the military marquis into the city to eat meat and drink, but you, the lieutenant general, had nothing to do with it. Moreover, the military style and discipline of the entire camp were completely different from that of Huang Zhong. .
This shows what?
It seems that Huang Zhong is not only not reused under Liu Pan, but also seems to be marginalized!
Isn’t this a gift from God to me?
Yuan Yao is ecstatic!
Huang Zhong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Huang Yi was finally fine. He turned to look at Yuan Yao and asked, "Who are you and why are you with my nephew?"
"Nephew, aren't you supposed to be your good son-in-law with Yuan Shu? Why are you here?"
