Chapter 6 The Furious Cao Hong
"General, I'll report to the horse. The Ye family army left Hangu Pass." Chenggao, Hulao Pass, was the Hulao Pass. In the official yard, a young general rushed over and bowed to Cao Hong.
"Have you ever found out who was the main general?" Cao Hong put down the book in his hand and looked at him and said to him.
"The character "Leaf" is written on the handsome flag." The young general bowed and said.
"Could it be that Ye Zhao is here?" Cao Hong's face changed and he stood up and said, "Where is the enemy now?"
"I am about to arrive in Gucheng, and I will arrive in Luoyang today." The young general bowed and said.
"Try again!" Cao Hong frowned and said in a deep voice.
"Here!"
Seeing the young general running, Cao Hong walked back and forth a few steps, he felt really anxious. He didn't expect Ye Zhao to lead his army in person. Even Cao Hong was a veteran general who had experienced many battles, but he was a little scared when facing Ye Zhao, because looking at Ye Zhao's career so far, he had experienced countless battles, but he seemed to have never been defeated. Not only Cao Zhen, but he was afraid that as the princes of today, no one would have much confidence in Ye Zhao.
But as the chief general of the three armies, Cao Hong knew very well that he must not be confused at this moment. After walking a few steps in the room, Cao Hong reacted and hurriedly shouted outside the door: "Come!"
"General!" Two Cao Hong's personal guards came in and bowed to Cao Hong.
"Notify all departments to strengthen city defense. No one is allowed to open the city easily!" Cao Hong tried his best to calm himself down. Hulao Pass is in danger. Even Ye Zhao, as long as he can't stand, Ye Zhao will have no choice but to do anything to him, right? If he attacks forcing himself, Cao Hong doesn't think Ye Zhao has the ability to break through the Hulao Pass.
"In addition, send someone to Xuchang and inform the lord that Ye Zhao is coming." Cao Hong thought for a while and said, if Ye Zhao came over, it would be difficult for him to stick to the thousands of people in Hulao Pass.
"Here!" The two guards bowed and turned around and left to pass the order.
Cao Hong was still a little worried when he saw the two of them leaving, and sent three scouts to investigate the other party's movements one after another.
On the other hand, after Ye Zheng passed Gucheng, he also sent a large number of sentries to investigate the movements of Hulao Pass. What surprised him was that Cao Hong had no movements except for sending a large number of scouts to investigate them, and Hulao Pass also acted as a stance to defend himself.
"I thought Cao Hong was impatient. Seeing that I was young, he would take the initiative to lead his army to attack. But he was so cautious." After arriving in Luoyang, seeing that Cao Hong still did not attack, Ye Zheng couldn't help but smile at the generals with some regret: "It seems that Zheng underestimated the heroes of the world."
Fa Zheng smiled and said, "Now that Cao Hong is not coming to attack, how is the prince ready to act?"
"We are here in Luoyang. In order to win the Hulao Pass, we also want to rebuild Luoyang. Since Cao Hong is unwilling to go out of the pass to fight, we will start construction and rebuild the Luoyang City first." Ye Zheng said with a smile.
"Reconstructing Luoyang requires a large number of manpower. In Hulao City, the population is only a thousand households. Even if the population in Gucheng, Yangliang, Yanshi and Gong County is only a few thousand households. With this little manpower, I wonder how the prince will rebuild Luoyang City?" Fa Zheng smiled.
Before he went to war, he had already received Ye Zhao's instructions. It was not because there was a big problem with the military strategy, and there was no need to help give advice. He just needed to point out the problems. At present, it seemed that there was no need to take action by himself.
"Boji?" Ye Zheng looked at a general behind him and smiled.
"Here!" The general stepped forward, took out a piece of paper from his arms and spread it out.
This piece of paper is very large, not only has the overall outline of the city, but also the outlines of each side, and even some major buildings, with detailed data attached.
"This is a drawing made by the master of the Shengong Camp. He even hired a Feng Shui master. The new Luoyang City is surrounded by eight waters. The city wall is more spacious than the former Luoyang site. The palace is built here. This is the Prime Minister's Mansion. This area is a private house built by the government, attracting the first batch of people to enter. The city is four times larger than in the past. The city tower and the city wall also need to be based on the latest structure designed by the Shengong Camp, so the old city wall must be demolished and rebuilt. This city must be able to accommodate a million people in the future." Ye Zheng sighed.
Fa Zheng silently estimated for a moment and frowned and said, "Our army has no shortage of food and supplies, but for such a large-scale construction, even if our army has the best equipment and cement, such a city needs to be built within three years, at least 100,000 labor. Is this... the prince wants to use the army to build the city?"
"This is not possible. The army is used for war." Ye Zheng shook his head and said, "So we need to attract more people."
Fa Zheng smiled and looked at Ye Zheng: "It seems that the prince is already in mind."
"Don't dare." Ye Zheng shook his head and smiled: "Since Cao Hong is not moving, he can only think of ways from other places for the time being."
"Boji." After saying that, he looked at Guo Huaidao beside him.
"The last one is here!" Guo Huai stepped forward and bowed.
"I will give you five thousand soldiers, first occupy Yique, Dagu, Xuanyuan and the four passes of the Arc deputies. I will arrange for people to go to Nanyang. The place of Yingchuan will try to incite the people to enter the pass, and you will be responsible for receiving the support." Ye Zheng said.
"Here!" Guo Huai clasped his fists and bowed, turned around and left.
"Bo Dao." Ye Zheng looked at Hao Zhao next to him.
"Here!" Hao Zhao bowed and bowed.
"You lead a thousand people, either pretending to be Cao's army, or pretending to be Lu Bu's troops, Yangdi and Yingchuan areas, and now it is the autumn harvest. You go to burn the merchants in the fields and drive the people from both places to pass Yique Pass." Ye Zhao said calmly.
"Here!" Hao Zhao took the order without saying a word.
Fa Zheng, who was standing beside him, frowned and said, "Will this be the way for those people to live?"
"If they are willing to enter Yique Pass, I will give them a way out. If they don't want to, it will be the people of Cao Cao and Lu Bu, and it has nothing to do with me." Ye Zheng said calmly: "Zheng is stupid and wants to obtain a large population in the short term, this is the only way."
Fa Zheng nodded silently. Although it was a bit cruel, as Ye Zheng said, as long as he entered Yique Pass, there would be a lot of food and grass to recruit craftsmen here. Moreover, after Luoyang was built, these people could also settle in Luoyang. In this regard, although Ye Zheng was young, he already looked like a hero.
After Ye Zheng sent out two generals under his command, he ordered Wang Shuang to set up a checkpoint and beacon tower in the Beim Mountain area. Once Cao Hong attacked, he would know this as soon as possible.
The Shengong Camp also started to recruit people to clean Luoyang. Now there are not many people, so I can only do some simple preliminary preparations. However, there are not many people at present, so I can only clean up a little bit. Ye Zheng led his troops to camp at the foot of Beimang Mountain.
Three days later, Hulao Pass.
"What did you say!" Cao Hong stood up, grabbed the collar of the general in front of him, lifted him up, and said furiously.
"The commander of the army of Beimshan Camp is not Ye Zhao, but his son Ye Zheng." The general smiled bitterly.
Cao Hong's face suddenly became wonderful, sometimes blue and sometimes red. He didn't expect that he was frightened by a yellow-mouthed child so much that he hugged in Hulao Pass for three days and did not dare to move. He watched Ye Zheng swaying there and began to clean up Luoyang and sent troops to Yique Pass and other places.
After a long time, Cao Hong gritted his teeth and said, "Have you ever seen it clearly?"
"I dare not deceive the general. The leader of the bandit army is indeed Ye Zheng, the son of Ye Zhao. In addition to Guan Ping, there are several young generals." The general lowered his head and said.
"Young mouth child, you're too bullying!" Cao Hong blushed and pushed the general away, and said furiously.
"General, Ye Zheng has not taken the banner of Ye Zhao. It's General, you..."
"Ba~"
Cao Hong turned around, slapped the other person in the face, and looked at him with a look of shame and anger, "Don't I know, but this guy actually built Luoyang so arrogantly and didn't take me seriously. This is really outrageous!"
A group of Cao generals: "..."
Cao Hong took two steps back and forth in anger. If Ye Zhao were to say anything, he wouldn't say anything, but was scared by a junior Ye Zheng so much that he hid in the city for three days and did not dare to show up. If this was spread, where would Cao Hong's face be put?
"No, if this is the case, wouldn't it be underestimated?" Cao Hong groaned and said, "I will order three thousand soldiers to leave the city. I will go and meet the Ye family's children!"
"General, there are 30,000 thieves! The general only brings three thousand men. Are there some..." a general whispered.
"I just fought with him, and it would be a strong attack. Besides, he had an army of 30,000, and it would be difficult to carry out even if he had an army of 30,000. If I wanted to leave, how could he stop me?" Cao Hong said disdainfully.
At this moment, he ordered his troops and rushed towards Ye Zheng's camp.
Before Cao Hong came, the beacon tower on Beimang Mountain had already ignited the beacon fire. Ye Zheng had already received the news. When Cao Hong and his men arrived at Beimang Mountain, Ye Zheng had already brought a group of generals to the gate.
"Sir, do you know what Cao Hong is planning?" Ye Zheng was a little confused. When he came just now, his cautious look made Ye Zheng think that Cao Hong is worthy of Cao Cao's general and is so steady. Even when facing Ye Zheng, he is not at all impatient.
But now, he came over with three thousand troops. Well, looking at the Cao army general who was showing off his power outside the camp, he was here to fight, but what had he done?
Fa Zheng was also a little confused. He had never encountered this trick before.
"Ye Zheng, you are cheating in the name of your father. Do you dare to go out to fight today?" Cao Hong roared at the direction of the gate from a further distance.
When Ye Zheng heard this, he looked at Fa Zheng with a look, and seemed to understand something.
In love, Cao Hong regards Ye Zheng as his father.
"I am Chuxiong, the lieutenant of the Pojun Academy, Ye Zheng, come and fight your grandfather for 300 rounds!" Outside the gate, a general of the Cao army shouted hard at the gate.
Ye Zheng raised his eyebrows, and Wang Shuang beside him bowed to Ye Zheng and said, "General, the last general asks for battle!"
Chapter completed!