Of course, Zhang Xiu didn't want to kill Huang Zhong.

But you can tell with your toes that people like Huang Zhong, who are strong and strong, cannot be strong against hardness, they need to be soft around their fingers. Soft can overcome hardness.

"Hansheng, what should I kill you?" Zhang Xiu laughed, then turned to a personal soldier beside him and said, "Go and prepare wine and food."

"Go and call Mr. Chen Gong to the city and let him preside over the situation." Then he said to another personal soldier.

"promise."

The two personal soldiers agreed and turned around.

Zhang Xiu invited Huang Zhong and said, "Let's come in and have a drink."

Huang Zhong guessed Zhang Xiu’s intentions, but sneered, bowed his hand and walked in.

Want me, Huang Zhong, to surrender? It is impossible.

After entering the city gate tower, Zhang Xiu naturally occupied Huang Zhong's position, and Dian Wei was very alert.

"Han Sheng, please sit down." Zhang Xiu asked Huang Zhong to sit down.

"Thank you to sit down." Huang Zhong bowed and sat down with great courage.

"Han Sheng. I didn't know that Nanyang had a hero like you. But my general Zhang Liao had the courage of ten thousand men. Han Sheng could defeat him slightly, and it was really a enemy of ten thousand people. Today I saw Han Sheng again, you are loyal and fierce. Disrespectful and admiration. I want to use Baibi to hire Han Sheng as a general under my command, but I don't know what Han Sheng thought?"

Zhang Xiu was the general of the cavalry and the lord of the Han Dynasty, but he was able to give up his honor and bow to Huang Zhong sincerely and asked with kind words.

Zhang Xiu's reputation has spread all over the world, including his polite and polite people. Huang Zhong was not surprised, but just smiled and said with a sigh: "Thank you for your kindness. But although I, Huang Zhong, came from a poor family, also knows loyalty and righteousness. Since I was hired as a general by Yuan Gong, I will naturally die for him."

"Please kill me, and you have no worries."

Huang Zhong bowed and said with a sigh.

Zhang Xiu was mentally prepared and said without panic: "Han Sheng's words are bad. Good birds choose trees to live in, and famous officials choose masters to work. Think of Yuan Shu, although a noble young man, he first fell into my plan to distract him and did not give Sun Jian food and fodder. This led to Sun Jian's defeat. Li Shu, the chief clerk, accepted my bribes and gave him some effort. He was a fool and used people. He was a hero like Han Sheng, who was shocking martial arts, but his achievements were not established, and the world was unknown. Isn't it a pity to die here today?"

"It turned out that it was your plan!!!" Huang Zhong was shocked and blurted out.

"That's right." Zhang Xiu said with a smile.

Huang Zhong was silent for a while, and Zhang Xiu said that he was in his heart. He had all his skills, but he had been silent for many years.

He joined Yuan Shu because he wanted to make achievements. Unfortunately, he died before he succeeded. In a big battle, he was defeated and had nothing to say.

Are you willing?

Of course not to give up.

But Huang Zhong also has Huang Zhong's principles, so he still wants to be loyal to Yuan Shu.

"Thank you, General. But I, Huang Zhong, are not good birds and do not intend to deviate from Mr. Yuan. Please kill me quickly." Huang Zhong bowed his hands with a loyal face.

Dian Wei next to him admired Huang Zhong more and more

Zhang Xiu laughed and said, "What a good Huang Hansheng, he is indeed a loyal minister. But why should I kill you? My troops have already attacked Luyang and ambushed an elite soldier in the north and east of the city. If Yuan Shu walks out of the second gate, he will be captured by me. At that time, I will let Yuan Shu say something."

Zhang Xiu was a little proud, he was still holding a killer move in his hand.

Huang Zhong frowned when he heard this. What should he do if this is the case? He wants to be loyal to Yuan Shu, but what if Yuan Shu persuades him to surrender to Zhang Xiu?

What should I do?

At this moment, a personal soldier came to report.

"Junhou. Zhang Junhou brought Yuan Shu's body, and the chief clerk Li Shu is back."

"What?!!!!" Zhang Xiu's eyes were slightly protruding, something really happened. Why did Yuan Shu die?

People like Yuan Shu should be afraid of death and will not commit suicide by wiping their necks.

And he ordered to capture alive...

"Lord!!!" Huang Zhong's eyes turned red, and then tears burst out from his eyes and burst into tears. Although Yuan Shu is indeed a mediocre person, Huang Zhong is indeed very good at treating him.

Huang Zhong rushed out while crying.

Zhang Xiu quickly got up and walked out with Dian Wei. Then he saw Huang Zhong holding the body of a small pawn and crying loudly.

A man wearing a black iron armor and looking gorgeous, also cried bitterly while holding the body.

Zhang Junhou, who was under his command, also had red eyes.

"What's going on? Is this Yuan Shu?" Zhang Xiu was surprised at the body of the jungle, then looked up and asked Zhang Jun.

"That's right. My subordinates were incompetent and could not capture Yuan Shu alive." Zhang Junhou said with a sore nose and bowed his hands.

His five hundred gold.

Immediately, Zhang Junhou told Zhang Xiu about the incident. Li Shu had already told him all about it just now.

Zhang Xiu was surprised when he heard this.

Unexpectedly, although Li Shu was greedy for money and ruined major events, he was also a loyal minister and was quite conscientious in the face of danger. However, the ending was full of variables.

The loyal minister who wanted to die on behalf of the Lord did not die, but the Lord Yuan Shu died, and was shot in the thigh with an arrow, and died of cowardly.

Then Zhang Xiu became embarrassed. He looked at Yuan Shu's body, then at Huang Zhong who was crying like a crying person. This killer weapon had failed. What should I do?

However, Zhang Xiu looked at Yuan Shu's body and had a plan. He sighed: "Although Yuan Gonglu has no plans, he is still considered a prince. You must not be humiliated. People come to the city to find a suitable coffin and restrain Yuan Shu's body. Wait for burial tomorrow according to the rituals of the princes."

"No." A personal soldier agreed and went down immediately.

Then, Zhang Xiu glanced at Huang Zhong and Li Shu and sighed: "You are also loyal and righteous people. I will not make things difficult for you anymore. Let's do it yourself."

"This...General." Dian Wei couldn't help it and stepped forward to bow to Zhang Xiu, intending to speak.

But Zhang Xiu shook his head at him, then said to Huang Zhong: "Hansheng. I know you are sad. But this is a city, you can hold Yuan Gaolu's body down."

Huang Zhong raised his red eyes and looked at Zhang Xiu, then picked up Yuan Shu's body without saying a word and went down with Li Shu.

"General. Huang Zhong is a loyal and righteous man, and he has the courage to be unworthy of thousands of men. If he let him go today, he will probably be a disaster."

Dian Wei bowed his hands and said in a deep voice.

"What can I do? Kill him? I can't bear to cherish his talents." Zhang Xiu smiled slightly, shook his head and said.

Dian Wei was silent for a moment. He also liked Huang Zhong very much. Then, he looked up and said to Zhang Xiu, "Even if you can't kill him, you can't let him go. It's better to get under house arrest and give him some advice."

Zhang Xiu shook his head and said, "Huang Zhong has a strong personality. The more he forces him, the more he wants to die. If I put him under house arrest, I won't say anything else. He can commit suicide even if he goes on a hunger strike."

Speaking of this, Zhang Xiu showed a little smile on his face and said, "But if I let him go, it will be different. I eased each other for a while. I should have cut off Yuan Shu's head, but I chose to bury Yuan Shu for a long time. It was because of Huang Zhong. As long as Huang Zhong did not commit suicide immediately, he would figure it out. First, he was really capable and he was not willing to accept it. Second, Yuan Shu was his lord for a few days? The relationship was not deep."

"No matter what, since I buried Yuan Shu with great care and let him go, it was also kindness. He would not be a special enemy of me. Of course, if he was stubborn and was an enemy of me, then I would not be a woman's kindness."

In short, for Huang Zhong, Zhang Xiu changed his principles and made a woman kindness once.

"No." Dian Wei did not agree anyway, but he always obeyed the orders and had to agree.

Let go of Huang Zhong’s affairs first, and let go of Luyang City. There is Chen Gong in the city and the soldiers are in charge, so he doesn’t need to worry.

But next, Zhang Xiu had to worry.

He asked the soldiers to get the map, and then re-entered the city gate tower with Dian Wei to watch the map.

Nanyang County is a basin with fertile land, which can raise millions of people at its peak. However, its strategic significance is more important.

Its south connects Xiangfan, and to the east, you can enter the Central Plains and the Jianghuai River. To the north, you can attack Luoyang, and to the northwest, you can take the Wuguan Road to attack Sanfu Chang'an.

Go west along the waterway to Hanzhong. However, the waterway is turbulent and it is difficult for the army to walk.

In short, it is a place that military strategists must fight for.

His goal was to seize the seven counties of Sili, Jingzhao Yin, Zuo Fengyi, You Fufeng, Henan Yin, Hongnong County, Hedong County, Hanoi County and Lueyang County.

If there is no Nanyang County, the south will not be stable. If there is Nanyang and the troops stationed here, the war can be suppressed in the area of ​​Nanyang County, and the seven counties can rest assured.

Let’s not talk about the strategic issues of Nanyang, but now he occupied Luyang and killed Yuan Shu. Sun Jian and Cao Cao, who were in the three passes of Taigu in front, had 60,000 troops. Not only could the food and grass be maintained, but there were also 80,000 horse and infantry commanded by Lu Bu and Li Ru in the north.

If you operate well, you can eliminate Cao Cao and Sun Jian in Nanyang County.

But now there is a problem. Nanyang County still has an important city that has not been captured yet. This city has a large amount of food and supplies, and it also has 10,000 troops to guard it.

As long as Sun Jian and Cao Cao return to the army, they can regroup.

Zhang Xiu's eyes went south along Luyang and arrived at Wancheng.

This is his destiny city in history.

Battle of Wancheng.

This city is the capital of Nanyang County (provincial capital).

"If I can capture Wancheng and burn the food, grass and supplies, Cao Cao and Sun Jian's army will collapse without fighting. But the Luyang I occupy now is also extremely important. I only have 5,000 troops, how can I attack Wancheng, which has 10,000 troops?"

After thinking about it, Zhang Xiu couldn't help but feel frowning.

At this moment, a personal soldier walked in and bowed to report: "Report to the Lord and Marquis. Mr. Chen Gong came with someone."

Zhang Xiu was a little surprised when he heard this, and raised his hand and said, "Please come in."

"No." The personal soldiers responded to No, turned around and went down. Then, Chen Gong led a burly man in.

The two of them first bowed to Zhang Xiu and called him "Han Shouhou"

"Public Platform. You are not in charge of the overall situation in the city, why do you come to see me with a hero?" Zhang Xiu glanced at the man strangely and asked.
Chapter completed!