Chapter 244 Draw the salary at the bottom of the pot

Outside Chaisang City, Zhao Yun, the commander of Feilongwei, is standing under Chaisang City with 2,000 Feilongwei. At this time, the two thousand Feilongwei look like soldiers and horses in Jiangdong. The flying dragon guards wear the military uniforms and armor of Jiangdong soldiers and horses. If no one reminds them, no one will recognize these people as the flying dragon guards of Jingzhou. .

Even Zhao Yun, who was in the front, took off the white armor that had never left him and put on the armor worn by Jiangdong's generals.

Zhao Yun, who stood under the city, looked up at the heavily guarded Chaisang City on the wall, and narrowed his eyes slightly. There were far more soldiers and horses in Chaisang City than he thought, and the alert on the wall alone was much more than usual. The Feilongwei under Zhao Yun is no stranger to Chai Sang. At most, there are up to 50 people on duty in the sound of the wall in Chaisang City, but now there are indeed 200 people, which is four times as much as usual.

However, thinking that the food and fodder of the 100,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangdong are all stored in Chaisang City, it is also acceptable for Jiangdong to do so. What really worries Zhao Yun is that Huang Gai, the general of Jiangdong, is in the Chaisang City, according to Feilongwei. Huang Gai is a veteran of Jiangdong, and even Zhao Yun has to be treated with caution.

Thinking of the plan to draw firewood from the bottom of the kettle mentioned by the military master on the bamboo slip, Zhao Yun took a deep breath and waited quietly.

Not long after, the sound of rapid footsteps came from the tower. A general in his forties, surrounded by more than a dozen soldiers, came to the tower. It was Huang Gai, the general of Jiangdong.

Huang Gai looked at Zhao Yun and others in the city with a majestic face. Just now, he received a report from his soldiers that 2,000 Jiangdong Guards outside the city came to Chai Sang to escort the stone truck. Naturally, Huang Gai, who heard the news, would not neglect and immediately rushed over with more than a dozen soldiers.

The Guards have always been under the personal command of Sun Ce. Even if Huang Gai is rarely seen, Huang Gai is also wary of the guards outside the city. The Guards are Sun Ce's own troops. How can they come to escort the stone cart?

Looking at the pro-guards outside the city, Huang Gai was awe-inspiring. He had long heard that the pro-guards were the most elite soldiers in Jiangdong, but he was still a little surprised to see it today. Although the two thousand soldiers and horses under the city stood there at will, the strictness actually made him have to be cautious.

However, there are 20,000 Jiangdong soldiers and horses in Chaisang City, so Huang Gai does not pay much attention to the pro-guards outside the city. Even if the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou pretend, he can keep these people out of the city.

If it is someone else, he may have to lead the soldiers out of the city to check, but Huang Gai leads the troops cautiously and will not be careless because there are many people.

"Who is under the city? What's the matter with Chaisang?" Huang Gai shouted at Zhao Yun and others in the city.

"The last general Zhao Yu met General Huang, and the last general was ordered by the governor to come to Chai Sang to escort the stone truck." Zhao Yun squinted at Huang Gai and shouted loudly.

At this time, the sky has just darkened, and only the shadows above the city tower can be seen. Fortunately, there are many torches on the city tower so that Zhao Yun can see who is the yellow cover. The yellow cover has a short beard, and a national face is full of majesty, and with thick armor, a strong momentum is revealed, so that the taxi around him The pawn dared not approach.

"Zhao Yu? When did such a powerful young general appear in the Guards? Huang Gai looked at Zhao Yun under the city and had some doubts in his heart. Although he didn't see Zhao Yun's face too clearly, the momentum of this man sitting on the horse could not be underestimated. Looking at the 2,000 guards behind him, one by one with torches, he also sat on the horse and was not impatient with the conversation between him and Zhao Yun.

"No, if these people are Jingzhou soldiers pretending to be, they can't be put into the city." With just a glance, Huang Gai looked up at the soldiers outside the city, and at the same time, he was more vigilant.

"Do you have any official documents?" Huang Gai stared at Zhao Yun tightly and asked.

"Natural." With that, Zhao Yun took out a bamboo slip from his arms and said to Huang Gai on the tower, "General Huang, please put down the hanging basket. This is an official document approved by the governor himself. Please ask General Huang to identify it."

"General Zhao, wait a minute."

Huang Gai looked at the soldier behind him and said, "Put down the hanging basket immediately."

"No." A personal soldier immediately ran away, and soon a small hanging basket with a radius of only one meter was put down.

Zhao Yun immediately put the bamboo slips in his hand into the basket and waved to the yellow cover above the city tower. At this time, most of the doubts in Huang Gai's heart had been eliminated. If the soldiers outside the city were really disguised as Jingzhou soldiers and horses, they would never be so calm. He was a person who often came into contact with Zhou Yu and was very familiar with Zhou Yu's handwriting.

Since the people outside the city know that they are so calm when they want to read the official documents, the eight achievements are the personal guards sent by Zhou Yu to escort the stone cart, but everything can only be confirmed after reading the official documents.

After a while, Huang Gai has got the bamboo slips handed over by Zhao Yun. When he opened the bamboo slips and Huang Gai, he saw Zhou Yu's name of the bamboo slips. He was free and handsome and flexible. Zhou Yu's words jumped on the paper as if he were about to break free and take off. Huang Gai was almost 100% sure that this was Zhou Yu's handwriting.

"So it is." Huang Gai looked at the content of the official article again before he understood what was going on. A few words in the official documents are very clear. Jiangdong's soldiers and horses are going to attack the city, but there are the general siege equipment wells and ladders guarded by the Flying Dragon Army in the city, which can't suppress the Flying Dragon Army at all.

Huang Gai has also fought with the Flying Dragon Army and also knows the style of the Flying Dragon Army. If the Flying Dragon Army defends the city, even if it is ten times the soldiers of the Flying Dragon Army, it will not want to attack the city in a short time. Wen Ping has always been the big enemy in Huang Gai's heart. Huang Gai has suggested several times that Sun Ce send someone to assassinate Wen Ping, although it was all Sun Ce. He refused, but Huang Gai had never relaxed his vigilance against Wenpin in his heart.

Understanding the intention of the pro-guards coming, Huang Gai no longer doubted and shouted at the soldiers behind him, "Open the gate!"

After a while, a rumbling sounded, the thick gate slowly opened, and the suspension bridge that had been suspended slowly fell.

The gate opened, and Huang Gai took more than a dozen guards out of the gate.

"The last general Zhao Yu can see General Huang." Zhao Yun's Chengmen Cave was extremely happy. He didn't expect that the bamboo slips of the military division really work. However, when he saw Huang Gai out of the city gate, Zhao Yun's heart was tight again. If Huang Gai saw something, it would be bad.

"General Zhao is polite. If you are a general of the Guards, how can you salute me?" Huang Gai waved his hand and said that the generals from the pro-guards were all proud. The people in front of him saluted him as soon as they saw it, which made him a little happy.

"Ha ha, General Huang joked. General Huang is the pride of my Jiangdong. When General Huang followed the lord to the south and the north, I was still a child. It should be Zhao Yu's visit." Zhao Yun was neither humble nor arrogant and said to Huang Gai.

"Haha, in this case, I won't be pretentious. General Zhao, please come to the city." Seeing that Zhao Yu looked at Zhao Yu so highly, Huang Gai laughed and turned around and took Zhao Yu to the city.

"Thank you, General Huang." Zhao Yun arched his hand and waved to the soldiers behind him to signal the 2,000 guards behind him to follow, but Zhao Yun was more vigilant. After all, he was not familiar with Jiang Dong, and it would be bad if he showed anything.

"General Huang doesn't know how many stone trucks there are in the city?" Zhao Yun asked casually as he looked around him.

"Ha ha, there are currently fifteen cataps in the city." Huang Gai had a good impression of Zhao Yun and smiled disapprovingly.

"It's only fifteen?" Zhao Yun was slightly surprised. He originally thought that the 100,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangdong had to bring at least 30 stone throwers.

"General Zhao, don't underestimate this stone-throwing car. Each of these stone-throwing vehicles is expensive. It cost 10,000 yuan to build these more than ten stone-throwing vehicles, and this 10,000 yuan is enough for 20,000 troops to eat for three months." Huang Gai thought that Zhao Yun was busy with training all day and didn't know the cost of the stone cart.

"Oh, the governor asked me to transport ten catapults, and a thousand people are enough. The last general's generals rushed for a day and wanted them to take a break in batches. I don't know if General Huang can arrange it? Zhao Yun's heart moved.

"Of course. General Zhao is considerate of his subordinates and admires him. Huang Gai arched his hand to Zhao Yun.

He could feel that the two thousand soldiers behind Zhao Yun's admiration for Zhao Yun. Even he did not have this honor. Since Zhao Yun and others entered the city, these two thousand soldiers and horses have not shown any admiration for him, but the eyes looking at Zhao Yun are admiring. Such generals are rare. He is very At that time, he had a few thoughts. At that time, he would speak for Zhao Yun in front of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. Such a general should not be unknown.

"Thank you, General Huang." With that, Zhao Yun turned his head and said to the Feilongwei behind him, "Leave a thousand people to rest again. You will escort the stone car later."

"No." Among the 2,000 flying dragon guards, a thousand soldiers and horses were immediately separated to stay.

"What a delicate thought of Zhao Yu!" When Huang Gai saw Zhao Yun's arrangement, he also nodded in his heart. Since Zhou Yu ordered the Guards to come back to escort the stone cart overnight, it must be Jiang Xia who is eager to use it. Zhao Yun divided the soldiers into two groups to take turns to escort the stone cart, and the speed will definitely be much faster.

Huang Gai took a look at Zhao Yun and turned his head and ordered the soldiers behind him to prepare some meat and horse food. Huang Gai had a good impression on Zhao Yun before he asked his subordinates to prepare meat. You should know that at this time, the army was full of rice, and even green vegetables could not be eaten, let alone meat. This meat can only be eaten once in a few months. If it hadn't been for Huang Gai's pleasing to Zhao Yun, he would certainly not have sent Zhao Yun and others to eat meat.

"Thank you, General Huang." Zhao Yungong said, "General Huang, please lead the last general to the storage place of the cataping car. The situation of Jiangxia is not optimistic, and the last general does not dare to delay more."

"General Zhao, please." Huang Gai was awe-inspiring in his heart. He also knew that Jiangxia's situation was not as simple as it appeared. If it were the previous Huangzu, Jiangdong's soldiers and horses would have included Jiangxia in his pocket, but now it is the flying dragon army stationed here. At this time, it can be said that it is extremely difficult to take Jiangxia.