Chapter 618 Huang Xu Returns to Linxiang City (Continued)
Seeing Huang Xu like this, Huang Zhong knew that his son really didn't know what he had made any mistakes. But it was no wonder that the general who defended the city for the first time could count on him.
As a result, Huang Xu said at this time: "General, the last general is dull, I hope the general will say it clearly!"
Huang Xu's meaning, if I have any mistakes, you can tell me. When Huang Zhong heard this, he could only sigh in his heart, "Actually, there are two places, but you are not considering it. If I come to defend the city, at least as you said before, the Yanzhou army and the Jiangdong army were under the southern city of Xiangnan, but why did the Yanzhou army attack alone in the end, but the Jiangdong army had no movement. I wonder if you can consider why this is?"
Huang Zhong had heard Huang Xu mention it before, and Huang Xu didn't say much, so Huang Zhong naturally thought that his son did not pay attention to this issue. As the leader of a city, you can't guess what the other party meant, but you can't ignore such a problem. After all, is this a small matter? Huang Zhong's experience tells him that this is not a small matter.
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But his son ignored it directly and did not pay enough attention to it. With this point, Huang Zhong thought he was not qualified. At least he knew that if someone else had defended the city, he would definitely not have ignored this issue. Yes, not everyone could figure it out, but it does not mean that no one would have paid attention to it.
As a result, when Huang Xu heard this, he thought that it was indeed his own mistake. Although he had indeed seen it before, he did not attract enough attention from him and directly ignored it. This...
At this moment, Huang Xu could only say and admit his mistake, so he said: "This is indeed a lack of consideration and not enough attention!"
Huang Zhong nodded. At least his son was still humble, and this was OK. Then he said again: "Second, if I defend the city, then even if I lose to the other party in the end, I must burn all the food and grass in the city in the end!"
After saying this, Huang Zhong sighed in his heart. It was not that he had not told his son about this, but he obviously forgot about it.
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Or to be more precise, Huang Xu had just thought of running away at that time, so he simply ran away from the back of his mind. If it were Huang Zhong, it would definitely not be like this. When he ran away, he would take away food and grass, which would be limited, so there would be no need to say. But there was a lot of food and grass, so at this time, he would definitely not be able to support the enemy. Therefore, if it was Huang Zhong's words, he would rather let the loyal soldiers take some people to set fire to the food and grass. It would be impossible to leave much for the enemy.
But Huang Xu didn't have enough experience and did forget it at that time, so he did not do this. Therefore, Huang Zhong was very dissatisfied with his son's experience, and he wrote it all on his face at this time.
At this time, Huang Xu looked guilty. Others may not know this, but as Huang Zhong's son, can he not know it? Yes, his father did not help him too much, but although there were not many soldiers in Xiangnan, there was indeed enough food and grass. At least two thousand people had eaten for a month, which was not a problem at all. But in the end, he was forced to give him the enemy, which was really unforgivable!
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At this time, Huang Xu knew about his two mistakes, so he simply said to his father: "General, the general knows his mistake!"
Huang Xu really admitted that he was wrong, and Huang Zhong sighed in his heart. This is indeed possible for his son. He knows that he is wrong, and that is wrong and will not explain anything too much. Anyway, no matter what, he cannot change the previous result in the end. This is just like himself. If he doesn't find too many excuses, he can be regarded as "a father likes his son". But Huang Zhong also thought about it. Why doesn't he look like himself in other aspects of his own good? There are some bad things like him.
However, at this time he said, "Huang Xu, since you know where your mistake is, you know even more that our army has always distinguished rewards and punishments. So this time, because of your carelessness, the loss of Xiangnan City directly led to the loss of Xiangnan City. I will not have the right to deal with you for the time being. After reporting everything to the lord, we will make a decision!"
"promise!"
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Although Huang Zhong is a general in Changsha, he can send Huang Xu to station in southern Hunan, and there is no problem. However, if he really wants to punish Huang Xu, Ma Chao himself would say that this is better. It is not that Huang Zhong has no power at all and cannot punish Huang Xu, but obviously, it is better for Ma Chao to deal with this matter. Of course, if it is a marching and war at this time, Huang Zhong, as the commander of the first army, will naturally be handled with such matters with full authority. There is nothing to say, but isn't it different at this time?
So Huang Zhong knew very well that it would be better for his lord to deal with it than to deal with his son by himself. So he said to Huang Xu at this time: "Huang Xu, now you will be stationed in Linxiang with me and I will make meritorious contributions first. As for other things, I will report it to my lord and then I will know it!"
This is actually similar to what he said before, but Huang Zhong told Huang Xu that he had to follow him at this time. Of course, he had to apologize for his lord. After all, the loss of Xiangnan can be said to have nothing to do with him. It is precisely because he knows that Huang Xu is not good, but he still wants to use him, so can he explain what else he can do? It is appropriate to apologize.
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After all, this matter is not unforeseen for Huang Zhong. He knows that if he sends his son, the city may soon be lost. But for more benefits, he has to do so. Therefore, he thinks it is worth it.
Therefore, Huang Zhong wrote a letter in person and directly asked the soldiers to take them to Jiangling. His information here is pretty good, at least he knows where his lord is now, so of course he can find it.
In the letter, Huang Zhong made it clear and told Ma Chao about his own thoughts, but he also said that as a father, it was indeed understandable to do so. However, he was not just a father, but also the commander of Changsha. Therefore, his son's fault, as a father, had to bear half of his responsibility. He knew that he was not good enough, but he deliberately asked Huang Xu to guard the city. For this reason, the lord had to punish him.
This is the general meaning of Huang Zhong’s letter. In his opinion, he has a clear distinction between rewards and punishments. After his lord has understood the situation, he will naturally make a decision. What he wants to do now is to guard the city and guard Changsha!
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At this time, Ma Chao had already met with the people from Sili. Of course, the people from Sili were not from them. They were also led by someone to Jiangling. It was the person Ma Chao ordered, and he was one of the people who defected to him very early, Hu Zhen.
If you say this is Ma Chao who is not very important now, he has never used his own person very much. Although Hu Zhen has defected to his own person very early, he has never used him much. He was in Liangzhou and then to Sili. Now Ma Chao has asked him to lead his troops here, but he has gone a lot of effort and has taken a detour. He has arrived in Jiangling.
After Hu Zhen saw Ma Chao and others, he followed him to Ma Chao, "I have seen the lord!"
Ma Chao nodded with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, General Hu!"
"It is the duty of my subordinates to do things for the lord! This time, my subordinates brought our soldiers in Sili, a total of 50,000!"
Ma Chao said: "Okay, very good! General Hu will go down and rest. If there is anything, we will talk about it tomorrow!"
"promise!"
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Of course, Hu Zhen would not ignore the orders of his lord, and he was indeed a little tired, so he had to go any farther. After he left, Ma Chao smiled at Guo Jia, "Fengxiao, it seems that we can attack the city after we have another day of rest!"
Guo Jia nodded to his lord. He knew that his own troops had just arrived, so it was really difficult to attack tomorrow. Depending on his lord's opinion, it would be better to rest for another day tomorrow and attack again the next day.
So at this time he also said, "What the lord said is good, our army is not short of one or two days. And this Jiangling City really has to be discussed for a long time!"
Speaking of such a strong city in the world, Guo Jia actually has a lot of ideas. He really can't say too much when he has no complete solution to break the enemy city. He can only remind his lord as his own identity. In fact, there is no way to do this at this moment, but the attack cannot be delayed. Although Guo Jia doesn't think that he can get any advantage, if you don't attack, you will not be able to take advantage of it at all.
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Ma Chao nodded when he heard this. He knew what Guo Jia meant. At this moment, he looked at Ma Dai. After all, he was the main general of the attack, but he had no objection to Ma Dai's opinion. Indeed, he would not have any objection. In his opinion, Jiangling was very difficult to win, so it was true that he was not so eager to try, at least at this moment.
If there is really someone who wants to try it, it must be Cui An, but Ma Chao basically ignores him. Indeed, his thoughts are not much different from having or not.
Afterwards, Ma Chao waved his hand to everyone and told them to go down, even Guo Jia. This was all in the big tent, and it was not necessarily possible to study anything. At least at this time, Ma Chao knew that no one could do anything, so he could only "take one step and see one step".
Now Ma Chao doesn't know the situation in Changsha yet. If he knew, he would probably have to worry more.
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Cao Ren came to the Jiangdong Army camp outside the southern Hunan city and met Lu Su who was in the big tent. Although Cao Ren also arranged a residence for him in the city, this was correct, but he did not live in the city. He thought, but he knew that he could not. Unless his Jiangdong Army was all in the southern Hunan city, how could he live in the city?
Seeing Cao Ren enter the tent, Lu Su was indeed not surprised. Of course, the soldiers before had already reported it, but Lu Su did not go directly to greet anything.
So at this moment he smiled and said, "General Cao is here to be welcome, I will forgive you for your crimes!"
Cao Ren smiled and waved his hand, "Where is what Mr. I know that he has a lot of money, so how can I do anything else, haha!"
Cao Ren is definitely not the truth. To put it bluntly, he is a satirizing Lu Su. No matter how busy you are, you can still have more things to do than your lord Gongsun Bofu? Not to mention that you are Lu Su Lu Zijing, even if your lord Gongsun Ce is here in person, he will not be like this to himself! This is a slight dissatisfaction in Cao Ren's heart. To him, it seems that he is not welcome to come here by himself now.
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But Cao Ren really didn't want to come to the Jiangdong Army camp when he was fine, but there was nothing he could do. He had to come here, and he had to come here in person. Didn't he know that Lu Su Lu Zijing, if someone else came, it would be difficult for him to do it, just be able to do it himself.
Didn’t he know Guo Huai’s ability? He also believed in him. But compared to himself, Guo Huai lacked this status. Speaking of which, the Yanzhou Army is in Changsha, isn’t he the final word? It’s not Guo Huai. So Cao Ren knew in his heart that if he wanted to come, no matter who came, he had to have himself. (To be continued...)
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Chapter completed!