As soon as the sun rose, the silhouette of the abandoned Han capital, Luoyang City, appeared in Xu Rong's eyes. He raised his right hand and made a stop gesture. The guards beside him immediately rode their horses and rushed out of the team. At the same time, he whistled a loud order: "The commander has an order, the entire army will stop advancing!"

In just over a dozen breaths, with the successive commands, the huge marching formation and the strong elite infantry cavalry all stopped.

At this time, more than a dozen scouts came out of Xu Rong's army. They also took dogs and falcons to gallop into Luoyang City. After a while, a scout rode his horse back and reported to Xu Rong:

"Report to the commander. On the bank of Luoshui, the western outside Luoyang city, I found another camp of Liangzhou Army. They said they were waiting for our army here."

Before he could finish his words, Xu Rong rode out with his personal guards, allowing the scout to guide him to gallop towards the camp...

This is a very small camp, about two or three hundred people. As soon as Xu Rong got off the horse, one of them came out of the camp tent and bowed with a smile: "General Xu Rong, I've been waiting for you here for a long time."

Xu Rong quickly returned the gift: "Xu Rong has met Mr. Wenhe." The person who came was none other than Jia Xu. He will serve as the military supervisor of Xu Rong's army and assist Xu Rong in completing this mission.

After the two of them had a greeting and talking, Xu Rong asked Jia Xu with some confusion:

"The lord asked me to lead my troops here to meet Mr. Wenhe, saying that there was food and grass supply here. But some people came from the east and found that the grain fields in Henan County were deserted and sparsely populated.

Cao Cao is now in Guandu, so I guess the Cao army guarding Mengjin has no extra food and grass. So where should our army supply come from? To be honest, Mr. Wenhe, our army has only less than two days of food and food left."

Jia Xu smiled slightly and said, "I came from Shangluo and brought enough food and grass for the army to use for ten days. A large amount of food and grass will be shipped in ten days."

Xu Rong's expression became surprised, and he looked at the camp behind Jia Xu. There was indeed a lot of supplies piled up. He asked: "Sir, it must be extremely hard to cross mountains and ridges. And he only brought two or three hundred people with him. How could he carry such a large number of supplies?"

Jia Xu stretched out his finger and pointed to the Luoshui River beside him. Xu Rong suddenly realized it.

On the bank of the river, there were more than 30 Viking ships unique to Zhuyang. They probably went down the water from the upper reaches of Luoshui, the territory of Shangluo.

There is a convenient Danshui waterway from Zhuyang to Shangluo for transportation. After traveling more than 60 miles of land, the grain and grass will be transported to the shore of the upper reaches of the Luo River. From here, you can go down the Luo River and transport grain and grass to Henan County with Viking ships.

In addition, when attacking Yuan Shao’s rear of Jizhou, a certain amount of food and grass could be plundered. This also explains very well why Feng Yu said that there is no need to worry about food and grass supply.

Xu Rong said excitedly: "Since food and grass are not a problem, then we will go to Mengjin now to meet with Cao's army in Mengjin. Then cross the river and attack Hanoi."

Jia Xu stroked his beard and smiled and said, "No, we have to wait for our troops to come. In addition, we are not just attacking from Mengjin Crossing the River. If our range of attacks is limited to Hanoi, the results will be too small."

Xu Rong understood Jia Xu's words. If a person wants to eat, the horse cannot just eat grass, and he also has to carry horse materials with his army. In this way, if Mengjin is used as a food and grass base and base camp, his cavalry attack range will cover Hanoi County, and he will be unable to do so any further.

Although it can be solved by plundering the other party's materials, it means that it is a bit of relying on the sky to make a living, and the risk is extremely high. If the other party is firm in the walls and clears the world, or does not encounter a target that can be plundered along the way?

If Mengjin is not used as the base camp and the base camp is moved north and east, then the supply line will be lengthened, and the problem of logistics supply will be back. Moreover, without the Cao army's troops to help guard the camp and to guard the rear, the risk will be extremely great.

Jia Xu saw Xu Rong's doubts and without waiting for him to ask, he took the initiative to explain: "What we have to wait here are the Viking soldiers who went to the south to assist in the Jiangdong Navy a few days ago..."

Xu Rong was smart after all. As soon as Jia Xu said this, he blurted out: "Mr. Wenhe means that we should use the fleet as a mobile camp on the Yellow River?"

Jia Xu nodded with a smile and said, "General Xu Rong is indeed smart."

At this time, a commander suddenly entered the tent and came forward to report: "Report! Report to the military supervisor, Cao's army's Mengjin guard Xu Huang came to ask for a meeting."

Jia Xu said: "He came just right, and someone happened to have something to come to him. Please ask him to enter the camp and enter the tent quickly."

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Xu Huang frowned, and under the guidance of the opponent's orders, he strided towards the Liangzhou military camp. He saw that the Liangzhou army with excellent armor and weapons were busy on both sides of the road, and they seemed to be building a new camp. He couldn't help but think in his heart...

When the war began, he was entrusted by Cao Cao with important tasks and led 3,000 elite troops to guard Mengjin to strictly prevent the Yuan army from crossing the river from here to enter Henan County, threatening Xuchang's left wing.

Xu Huang was looking forward to the Yuan army's attack day and night. Such a war was an excellent opportunity for generals like Xu Huang to become famous and show their talents. He didn't want to waste his time and miss such an opportunity in vain.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Jun in Hanoi was silent. He spent this peaceful and ineffective time in anxiety.

Later, Xu Huang learned that Ju Su had crossed the river from Yanjin and conquered the old city, and was close to Xuchang's left wing. Then Meng Jin's defense became meaningless. He waited for his lord Cao Cao to transfer him to the main battlefield of Guandu with anticipation.

The military orders that were mobilized later really came. When he was happily preparing to withdraw his camp and move his troops, another military order came down, which made Xu Huang very depressed. The military order asked him to continue to guard Mengjin, and to meet with the Liangzhou army who came to support, and to obey the arrangements of the Liangzhou army commander.

At that moment, Xu Huang, Jia Xu and Xu Rong sat down in the tent. Xu Huang bowed and said, "I came to meet your subordinates on the order of my lord. If you have any questions you need to send, just come."

Jia Xu immediately responded: "At present, General Xu Huang has to ask for an agreement, which is to transfer two thousand elite troops from Mengjin to Chenggao. He concluded that Yuan's army would inevitably try to enter Heluo from here to threaten the Luoshui and grain road behind us. In addition, Chenggao will be the supply base for our fleet."

When Xu Huang heard this, he wondered: "It must be? You are so sure of your words?"

Jia Xu said confidently: "It is indeed inevitable, and there will be heavy troops coming, so the general's strength in Chenggao is not enough, so we will also keep two infantry battalions here to guard."

Xu Huang's eyes lit up and he immediately agreed, "Don't worry, you must immediately dispatch troops to Chenggao. If Yuan soldiers don't come, they will be fine. If they come, they will go without returning!"
Chapter completed!