The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Regarding Huang Zhong's situation, Gan Ning and Xu Huang naturally couldn't be more clear about it, they both knew that Huang Zhong had only 1 recruits under his command.The strength is much weaker than the [-] horses under their command.

But with such a number of soldiers and horses, Zhu Fu's [-] army was abruptly defeated. One can imagine how tragic the situation on the battlefield was.

But when they thought of the corpses all over the ground, they also smiled wryly, not knowing whether it should be said that Huang Zhong's strength was too strong, or Zhu Fu's strength was too weak.

"I didn't defeat Zhu Fu's [-] army, but I took advantage of the ambush to quickly break down the morale of Zhu Fu's army, and then let the cavalry charge a few times. Those Jiaozhou troops quickly lost their morale and fled quickly. Our army has not even exerted enough combat power, and the opponent has almost escaped, and the rest is to clean up the mess."

Huang Zhong explained a sentence, and then pointed to the other side, where two or three thousand people gathered together and discarded their helmets and armor, and the captives were sitting on the ground.

These more than 2000 people are the surrendered troops that Huang Zhong subdued when he was cleaning the battlefield.

"My lord, these are the captives who surrendered on the battlefield. I did not kill them, but seized their weapons and temporarily detained them."

Liu Zheng turned his head to look at the dejected prisoners with fear on their faces.

The generals of the defeated army had no energy, and they were all disappointed and fearful. Some of them sat on the ground, not knowing what their next situation would be, and some of them just recovered from the fright. Looking around at Liu Zheng's army.

Liu Zheng didn't look at the captives much, turned his eyes away, and looked back at Huang Zhong, with a smile on his face.

"Very good, General Huang Zhong, this time you really opened my eyes. The first victory in defeating the Zhufu this time belongs to you."

"My lord, what should we do next? I think our army has won a new victory. It's time to seize the opportunity to pursue Zhu Fu. At this time, Zhu Fu should have fled to Cangwu City. I suggest taking advantage of the victory to pursue and take down Cangwu City to wipe out Zhu Fu in one fell swoop." symbol."

Huang Zhong originally planned to go to Cangwu with his army after cleaning the battlefield, and directly pursue Zhu Fu.

It just so happened that Liu Zheng's men and horses also arrived at this time, and he simply suggested that Liu Zheng's two armies merge into one, and all the people went directly to Cangwu City, which happened to alleviate the embarrassment of dividing the army into two groups.

"Okay! That's exactly what I meant. Originally, I planned to come to support you. If I could directly defeat Zhu Fu, it would be the best opportunity to capture Cangwu City in one fell swoop. Now you have not only greatly fulfilled my expectations, but also caused Zhu Fu to lose troops. , Those who threw away their helmets and armor fled, which made us make good preparations for capturing Cangwu City."

After Liu Zheng joined Huang Zhong, he took all the horses and quickly cleaned the battlefield, and then directly waved his troops, and chased Zhu Fu in the direction where Zhu Fu was fleeing.

Although it was a pursuit, but it was too much time behind Zhu Fu, it was impossible to catch up with Zhu Fu halfway.

So Liu Zheng is basically chasing in the direction of Cangwu City.Anyway, in the end, regardless of whether Zhu Fu was chased or not, he was going to attack Cangwu City.

Liu Zheng's idea was that even if Zhu Fu escaped with some remnants of the defeated generals, there must not be many people left.

After all, the Zhu Fu was only [-] soldiers and horses, and more than [-] were lost here at Wuyangling. Even if some fleeing troops could be gathered in the end, it would certainly not exceed [-].

Chapter 216 Picking up a Cangwu City for nothing

Even if Zhu Fu's [-] remnant soldiers were able to escape back to Cangwu City, their morale would still be weak. Once Liu Zheng's army arrived, they would definitely not have much courage to deal with it.

On Liu Zheng's side, he gathered two separate forces, which together amounted to nearly 2 people. It was a breeze to break into Cangwu City and break through the gate of Cangwu City.

As long as Cangwu City can be captured, the flames of war can quickly spread throughout Cangwu County, and then gradually move southward to occupy the entire Jiaozhou.

With Liu Zheng and Huang Zhong's opinions, everyone didn't stay in Wuyangling for too long. It took only an hour for them to lead the army to the city of Cangwu.

Sure enough, when Liu Zheng's army appeared under Cangwu City, Cangwu City was already in a state of full martial law.

Not only the gates of the city are closed, but even on the towers there are a large number of soldiers waiting in battle.

Although there were not many soldiers on the tower, it was enough to see that these people had known that Liu Zheng would come here.

Liu Zheng slowly walked out of his army.

"Soldiers in the group, listen, surrender now, and I can spare you! When I enter the city, all the soldiers will be killed!"

Liu Zheng was silent for a moment, and then shouted loudly at the soldiers on the tower.

Through the defense of Cangwu City, Liu Zheng already knew that some of the soldiers who fled from the Wuyangling battlefield must have fled back to Cangwu City, otherwise Cangwu City would not be so vigilant.

Now that everyone in Cangwu City knows how powerful Liu Zheng is, they must have a clear understanding of Liu Zheng's strength. As long as they are afraid, Liu Zheng may be able to defeat others without fighting.

After some threats, if the soldiers in Cangwu City can be said to surrender directly, Liu Zheng is naturally willing to take down Cangwu City without using weapons.

After hearing Liu Zheng's words, the soldiers on the tower turned pale with panic.

But no one answered Liu Zheng's words.

Liu Zheng glanced left and right, but did not see any generals appearing on the tower.

Moreover, seeing that there are not many soldiers on the tower, unlike a large city under command, it seems that there is something wrong with the number of soldiers.

After no one answered, Liu Zheng yelled at the tower again.

"Who is the person in charge here?"

The soldiers looked left and right, but no one stood up to speak. After a while, a man with the appearance of a civil servant walked up the tower, and then responded to Liu Zheng outside the city.

"The generals outside the city, our officials here have all fled, and there is no one in charge anymore."

After listening to that person's words, Liu Zheng was taken aback.

He thought that Zhu Fu and the others would definitely come straight to Cangwu City after escaping from Wuyangling, but he didn't expect this person to say that all the officials in Cangwu City had fled.

This time, Liu Zheng did not slow down.

Now continue to ask a question.

"What's your name, who are you?"

"I am the gate officer of Cangwu City. Not long ago, the governor Zhu Fu fled back in the direction of Guangxin City with some people in a panic. After returning, he packed up his things and ran away from the other direction of the city gate. .”

"Not only that, many officials in this city ran away with Governor Zhu Fu, and even a lot of people left. Now there are only a few soldiers who did not escape and the people of the city."

When the man spoke, his tone was quite tactful, even with a hint of worry. Liu Zheng looked at him. Although the distance was far away, from his voice, Liu Zheng guessed that the other party didn't seem to be talking lie to him.

"It seems that Zhu Fu is scared out of his wits."

Liu Zheng turned his head and looked at the soldiers behind him. He didn't know what to say to this kind of result for a while, but since Zhu Fu had already run away, there was no need to fight this Cangwu City.

"Since Zhu Fu has already escaped, why don't you escape?"

Liu Zheng turned his head and looked at the court official on the tower.

"The general doesn't look like a bad guy. Since it's a matter with the governor of Zhu Fu, I don't think he will take his anger out on us ordinary people, so we didn't escape and stayed."

"You are smart. Go down to the city and open the gate. Open the gate and let us enter the city. I guarantee that the people in your city will not be in danger."

Liu Zheng said again to the Dianguan on the tower, since the governor Zhu Fu and others have already fled, then Liu Zheng's plan to attack Cangwu by force is much less. Cangwu City without Zhu Fu and all the officials, Isn't that the same as giving it to him for nothing?

Relying on the remaining soldiers and horses can't stop Liu Zheng at all. The defenders on the tower are also clear about this. The reason why they didn't dare to open the door before was because Liu Zheng didn't have a guarantee. Now they heard Liu Zheng again. Warranty.

Under the orders of the court official, they began to strengthen their courage and went down to the city to open the city gate to Liu Zheng.

After the discussion of those people, the city gate slowly opened.

Liu Zheng didn't lead the army in directly, but looked around and gave Gan Ning an order that Gan Ning would lead a thousand troops under his command to enter the city first.

After confirming that everything in the city was fine, Liu Zheng let the army gradually enter the city.

This is for safety.

Gan Ning's men entered the city and found nothing unusual, so they went out and told Liu Zheng, who led the army into Cangwu City.

Although Cangwu City is not the county seat of Jiaozhou, it is the county seat of Cangwu County.

Compared with ordinary cities, it is still bigger.

After Liu Zheng led his people to capture Cangwu City, he immediately let his own people control all the defenses of Cangwu City, and at the same time gathered all the soldiers in Cangwu City who did not escape. stand up.

Together with the captives who were captured and not killed by Huang Zhong before, they were temporarily put together.

There are five to six thousand of these people.

It is also a considerable force. Anyway, they are all soldiers and horses recruited by the governor Zhu Fu from other states and counties, and they are not Zhu Fu's cronies. Liu Zheng can subdue them again and become his own people.

Anyway, in the battle of Wuyangling, Huang Zhong's subordinates lost a lot of troops.

Although there will be no supplements among these people for the time being, these people are warriors after all, and they can allow Liu Zheng to build a new army.

Let him rule the entire Jiaozhou, with enough soldiers and horses.

He looked at these people and horses, and then at Gan Ning beside him.

Immediately said to Gan Ning.

"Xingba, remember the bet we made in Guangxin City?"

"Remember, I lost, my lord. It seems that the position of the commander of the third battalion has nothing to do with me."

Gan Ning looked frustrated.

Chapter 217 Returning to Guangxin

"Although you lost the bet with me, have you forgotten what the bet was?"

"Of course I remember, isn't it the third battalion, the position of battalion commander? I lost. The position of commander of the third battalion is not my turn."

Gan Ning answered Liu Zheng with a look of frustration on his face.

Originally, the position of the commander of the third battalion was about to be obtained, but it just passed by in vain.

Seeing Gan Ning's dejected expression, Liu Zheng immediately continued to speak to Gan Ning.

"Although the bet I told you was the position of the commander of the third battalion, I didn't say whether to win or lose. If you lose, the position of the commander of the third battalion will be given to you."

Liu Zheng originally intended to give Gan Ning the position of commander of the third battalion.Especially at this time, he just needs someone to train these newly recruited soldiers.

Although Gan Ning in history was born as a water thief, it should be normal and an advantage to be a navy commander. However, when Gan Ning served in Wu State in history, he almost never commanded a navy. , are leading the infantry in combat.

It is conceivable that Gan Ning, as an infantry general, is also competent. In addition, during the recent period, Liu Zheng and Gan Ning have had some exchanges, and they understand that Gan Ning's strength is there. It needs to be practiced for him, and he will become a master in the future.

"My lord, are you serious?"

As soon as Liu Zheng's words were spoken, Gan Ning's dejected face immediately showed a hint of surprise.

Then he looked at Liu Zheng, expecting Liu Zheng's affirmative answer.

Liu Zheng smiled, looked at Gan Ning, and continued talking to him.

"Do you think I'm joking with you?"

"However, there are conditions for letting you be the commander of the third battalion."

"What conditions?"

"Did you see those surrendered troops on the playground?"

Liu Zheng pointed at the surrendered troops in the school grounds of Cangwu City at this time. The number of these surrendered troops was 6000 to [-]. In terms of combat, it can also increase the combat power a bit.

He doesn't have many troops under his command. If he wants to rule the entire Jiaozhou, it is impossible to do it with the current 2 troops.

Therefore, he must recruit as many new troops as possible in Jiaozhou, and the fastest way to recruit new troops is naturally to withdraw the troops before surrendering.

"My lord, what do you mean, let me recruit these descendants?"

Gan Ning looked at Liu Zheng's pointing finger, and his eyes fell on the descendants.

"Well, we are going to build a third battalion, and the troops will naturally be selected from these surrendered troops. I will give you a month to select troops from these surrendered troops. You can also recruit and train them in Cangwu City. A third battalion, can you do it?"

Liu Zheng spoke his thoughts to Gan Ning in a commanding tone.

Gan Ning immediately agreed without hesitation.

"My lord, don't worry, don't say a month, give me half a month is enough!"

While speaking, Liu Zheng could still see the excitement on Gan Ning's face.

Liu Zheng knew that becoming the battalion commander was the most exciting thing for Gan Ning, so he patted Gan Ning on the shoulder, gave Gan Ning a few words of encouragement, and asked Gan Ning to communicate with the surrendered troops by himself. Bother too much.

After all, what Liu Zheng needs to consider at this time is far more complicated than thousands of surrendered troops.

Although he got a Cangwu County without much effort.But he took down Cangwu County, which meant that he formally confronted the imperial court and declared an uprising.

In the future, the imperial court will definitely no longer treat him as a small group of bandits, but as a rebel with the ability to attack cities and conquer territories.

Although Jiaozhou is now located in a remote location, it may be several months before the court notices him, but Liu Zheng can't relax.

What he wanted was to occupy the entire Jiaozhou before the imperial army arrived, and then rely on the land of Jiaozhou to compete with the imperial court.

Following the example of Zhao Tuo, the king of South Vietnam, he used the land of Jiaozhou to fight against the Han Dynasty for nearly a hundred years.

If it weren't for the later period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the military strength of the Han court was greatly improved, and Emperor Wu Zhongxing launched a conquest against the Nanyue Kingdom, maybe the Nanyue Kingdom could continue to exist for a long time.

But the current Han Dynasty is actually far inferior to that of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.Not only is the throne missing, but there are many uprisings around, and even the court is full of hidden dangers. In the era when the princes rose together, as long as Liu Zheng occupied Jiaozhou, he would have the ability to fight against the court.

In the next few days, while consolidating the military defense of Cangwu City, Liu Zheng immediately dispatched scouts under his command, starting with Cangwu City as the center, and gradually spreading outward to inquire about the surrounding intelligence.

At the same time, Huang Zhong and Xu Huang were asked to lead five troops each to attack other counties in Cangwu City. He wanted to control the entire Cangwu City in a short time.

Liu Zheng originally wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to directly pursue Zhu Fu, but then he thought that if he pursued Zhu Fu, he would have to go deep into the hinterland of Jiaozhou. Once his current team goes deep into the hinterland of Jiaozhou and fights alone, it may not be able to wipe out Zhu Fu in one fell swoop.