Chapter 242 Humiliation of Huang Zu

There are two reasons why Jiangling is regarded by Wu Fan as an important town in Chu.

The Yangtze River crosses through Chu, and the only county town in Chu where it passes is Jiangling. Moreover, since Jiangling is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the water depth can be used for any warships to go downstream, which is a great threat to the entire Jiangdong downstream.

2. Jiangling has both a shipbuilding station and a technical development station, which allows Jiangling to produce all warships. In all cities across the country, only Jianye, Chaisang and Jiangling can produce all warships. This undoubtedly enhances Jiangling's strategic position again.

Putting aside these two points, on the other hand, Jiangling and Jiangzhou are very close, relatively close, only one Yong'an City is a must-have for Jiangzhou Wu Fan, so it would be just right to take Jiangling as the rear city before that.

Let’s talk about Wu Fan. After returning to the team, he led an army of 450,000 day and night to Jiangling.

A civil servant sent by Liu Biao had long reported to the prefect of Jiangling Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangling, to inform Cao's army that the city blockage was built in Jiangling, so as not to conflict with Cao's army when he was building the city blockage.

In fact, even if Liu Biao did not send someone to inform Huang Zu, Huang Zu did not dare to block Cao's army. The entire Jiangling City had only 80,000 defenders, and the quality was mixed. He was a scumbag in front of the 450,000 elite Cao army. He did not dare to use jī eggs to smash stones with ten courages.

However, although Huang Zu did not have the courage to provoke Cao's army, he was an extremely arrogant person at heart. When he learned that Wu Fan had arrived at Jiangling City, Huang Zu did not go out to greet him, but sent his subordinate Xiang Lang to Wu Fan's army instead of him, and sent a cart of thirty jars of water and wine to be a labor force.

Wu Fan was not angry about this, and still had a blank expression on his face, making people unable to see what he was thinking. Asked Xiang Lang:

"Why are there no Huang Taizu?"

Xiang Lang said:

"Prince Huang was a little sick and it was not convenient to leave the city to welcome the governor of the Hou. I hope the governor will forgive him."

This was the excuse Huang Zu told Xiang Lang before leaving, which was used to excuse Wu Fan.

Wu Fan nodded, looking at the truth, and no longer asked about this matter. After ordering people to take the water and drink, they asked Xiang Lang to send a message to Huang Zu, and our army would start construction of the city gate outside Jiangling City immediately. Then he did not look at how surprised Xiang Lang was. With a wave of his hand, he ordered the soldiers to build the foundation one thousand meters west of Jiangling City and immediately start building the city gate.

The city gate can launch rolling stones to attack the enemy. The farthest distance of the rolling stones to roll out on the flat ground can reach 800 meters! Jiangling is very vast, with Huarong, Maicheng, Wulin, Yidu, Yiling, Jiangjin, and Gong'an County. Most of the county towns have two counties. Previously, although Huang Zu and his subordinates heard Liu Biao send people to say that Cao's army was going to build the city gate in Jiangling, they were full of thought that Wu Fan would build several counties under Jiangling's rule, but they didn't expect that Wu Fan would choose Jiangling's main city, and it was only one thousand meters away from Jiangling's main city!

This is like a sharp knife in Jiangling’s heart!

Xiang Lang was shocked and eager to explain to Wu Fan that this matter was not possible, but Wu Fan had already rode his horse back to the army and could not find it at all. He asked Wu Fan's soldiers to communicate, and said that Xiang Lang had something to ask for the Governor, but the soldiers agreed very happily. After turning into the army, they returned for about half an hour and told Xiang Lang: I apologize, but the Governor was not found.

Although Xiang Lang's intelligence is not 78 points higher, he is very clear that Wu Fan deliberately did not want to see him. It seems that he is incredible to say this matter, and he must let the prefect Huang Zu come forward.

Thinking of this, Xiang Lang hurriedly returned to the city and reported the matter to Huang Zu.

At this time, the construction of the city block outside Jiangling City had started. After Huang Zu heard Xiang Lang talk about this incident with continuous tingling sounds, his surprise was no less than Ultraman's sudden appearance in front of him. As the prefect, he naturally knew how much threat the city block of Cao's army was to Jiangling City. He didn't care much at the moment and hurried out with Xiang Lang for the second time, wanting to meet Wu Fan and ask Wu Fan to order the suspension of work.

At the west gate of the city, we saw that the 450,000 Cao troops in front of us had already scattered on all sides with the foundation of the city block as the center point, and they were scattered on all sides, like a spider web! At the foundation of the four walls of the city block, there were 50,000 troops each being built. The soldiers scattered around were logging and quarrying, and the quarrying was working together, and the sound of shouting and rushing, the scene was simply a battlefield without bloodshed!

Huang Zu was stunned by the scene in front of him and thought to himself: Although the city gate is a large garrison building, according to this progress, Cao's army is afraid that it can build the city gate in five to seven days.

Thinking of this, Huang Zu became more and more anxious. He hurriedly walked to the base of the city to look for Wu Fan, but he could not find Wu Fan at all. In desperation, Huang Zu had to ask Wu Fan's soldiers to pass on the post on his behalf, saying that Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangling, had something to ask for the Governor to see him, and he hoped that the Governor would be treated to him at first sight.

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At this time, Wu Fan was stationed with all the generals and ministers on a hill south of Jiangling City, looking at Jiangling City. Bamboo forests were everywhere on the hill, so that the defenders on Jiangling City could not see Wu Fan and others at all.

"...Okay, this is the information I have at present. According to the information analysis obtained, within the next half month, the four forces of Liu Biao, Liu Yan, Jingnan County, and Sun Jian will inevitably form a new alliance to fight against our Cao army. Therefore, I decided to take the initiative and change the original plan and attack Jiangling. As a strategic stronghold, what do the generals think about this?"

Wu Fan had just heard what he got from the thrush, and told the generals about Liu Biao's issuing a proclamation to various princes to fight against thieves. However, Wu Fan did not say that the information came from a bird, but from the hands of his spy who had settled in Xiangyang.

The thrush trained by Wu Fan, except for Lu Lingqi who was with him day and night, no one in the world knew about it. After finally training a special spy, Wu Fan did not want any mistakes because someone was not polite.

After Wu Fan finished speaking, everyone's faces showed a hint of astonishment, but it was fleeting. All the generals and ministers under Wu Fan were famous officials and generals in the history of the Three Kingdoms, so naturally they would not panic like those idiots. Moreover, the 450,000 elite army led by Wu Fan was enough to resist the three million troops of these four forces. Therefore, even if the enemy formed an alliance, what's the fear?

Guo Jia said at this time:

"Since the Governor wants to attack Jiangling, it is not advisable to go to attack him at night tonight."

Wen Chou said in confusion after hearing this:

"Our army was tired from marching for a long distance, and at this time we are stepping up the construction of the city gates, so the soldiers must be very tired. Why don't we rest for a night and attack Jiangling again tomorrow night?"

After hearing this, Wu Fan and Guo Jia both laughed, making Wen Qiu confused. In the end, Wu Fan explained:

"The fourth brother thinks this way, and Huang Zu also thinks this way. It is precisely because he also thinks that our army should rest tonight to relieve fatigue and not be wary of it. In this way, our army can take down Jiangling City relatively easily."

Wen Chou suddenly realized when he heard this. He is now the lowest intelligence among all the powerful generals under Wu Fan, at 37 points, so he often asks some questions that make Wu Fan laugh and cry. However, it is precisely because Wen Chou doesn't understand and asks that Wu Fan always patiently tells him, which makes his intellectual experience rise faster. After just a few words, Wu Fan noticed that among Wen Chou's attributes, the intellectual experience rose by twenty-five points at a time.

The same situation also happened to Hua Xiong and Yan Liang. These three people were originally brave men in history. After staying with Wu Fan for a long time, they gradually developed some simple brain analysis skills.

At this time, the soldier entrusted by Huang Zu came to Wu Fan and bowed:

"Governor General, Jiangling Prefect Huang Zu said he had something to ask for advice, so he hoped that the Governor General would allow him."

After hearing this, Wu Fan laughed and looked around and said:

"The ability of Huang Zu slapping himself is really unmatched. He just lied that he was sick and refused to come out to meet me. Now he learned that our army had built a city block outside the city, and immediately cured his illness and came to find me."

The generals and ministers also laughed. Wu Fan asked the soldiers to go back and tried to slow down on the road. He would return to Huang Zu's place after about a stick of incense and told him that he was on the edge of the river in the west of the city and could meet there.

After the soldiers left, Wu Fan and the generals rode their horses to the west riverside of the city. This time he intended to humiliate Huang Zu, so he asked the soldiers to walk slowly so that there would be some arrangements here.

Aren't you arrogant and rude to me? Next I will turn it ten times and return it to you.

After about a stick of incense, the soldier returned to Huang Zu, who was already sweating profusely, and told him that the governor was on the west side of the river and could meet quickly. When Huang Zu heard this, he hurried to the riverside.

After arriving at the riverside, I saw several umbrellas on a high slope from a distance. Huang Zu and Xianglang were walking quickly and got closer. Finally, they saw that Wu Fan and the generals were indeed sitting under the umbrella, drinking and laughing.

Huang Zu and Xiang Lang came downstairs, bowed together and said:

"Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangling, pay homage to the governor of Cao's army, Wu."

As the voice sounded, the two bowed together, hunched their heads and raised their butts. Wu Fan didn't hear Wu Fan's answer for a long time. Huang Zu raised his head and looked at Wu Fan, but saw Wu Fan eating a pig's elbow with big feasts. When Huang Zu saw it, Wu Fan picked up the wine bowl with his other hand, said "Cheer" to the generals and ministers, and then he raised his head to the crowd.

Although Huang Zu is not capable, his arrogance and extremely arrogant character is famous in the Three Kingdoms. He has never been rude to others, and has never enjoyed others being rude to him. He wanted to stand up in anger. Xiang Lang next to him realized his motive and quickly said to Huang Zu:

"Sir, don't forget the purpose of our trip. We should endure it if we should!"

After hearing Xiang Lang say this, Huang Zu had to suppress his anger and continue to hunch his head and stick his ass down.

Having had half a stick of incense, Wu Fan finally finished gnawing the pig elbow in his hand, throwing it into the plate, and continuing to chew the muscles in his mouth. He seemed to be looking up inadvertently and saw Huang Zu and Xiang Lang standing below. Wu Fan said, "Are you looking around and looking around,"

"Who are these two people? Why are they standing here?"

When Huang Zu heard this, his stomach was almost irritated, but he didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction. He hurriedly bowed and said:

"Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangling, pay homage to the governor of Cao's army, Wu!"

After hearing Huang Zu say "Oh", Wu Fan said, so that Huang Zu doesn't have to be too polite and can speak upright.

Huang Zu stood up straight.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stood up, Wu Fan immediately spit out a piece of bitten flesh from his mouth, hitting Huang Zu's nose. Huang Zu was stunned by this unexpected incident. Before he could react, Wu Fan shouted:

"Ha! You are a bold thief. Do you really think that the governor didn't see you pretending to be the Prefect Huang? Huang's prefect was ill. Before, even the matter of welcoming the marquis and our army was carried out by his subordinates. How could he appear here?! The person came, dragged the thief who pretended to be the Prefect Huang Zu and chopped it out!"

Huang Zuzheng was furious to be humiliated by Wu Fan. When he heard that he was about to behead himself, he was immediately frightened. Xiang Lang next to him hurriedly stood up and said to Wu Fan:

"Governor, this is General Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangling. He is not a thief. Governor, don't kill Huang by mistake!"

Wu Fan glanced at Xiang Lang, and looked like he was conscious on his face, and said:

"Oh, it turns out that it was Xiang Sima and Xiang Lang, the official position of Sima. Since you are there, I believe that this Huang Taishou must not be pretending. Oh, I almost killed Huang Taishou by mistake. I am really sorry. The person who came, poured wine for Huang Taishou and suppressed the shock of Huang Taishou."

A soldier immediately poured a bowl of wine and brought it to Huang Zu.

At this time, Huang Zu had already wiped the skin on his nose, and was so angry that he was breathing. He wanted to not drink the wine, but when he thought that he would talk to Wu Fan about the city blockage, he had something to ask for, so he had to bear the anger and take the wine bowl and drink it when he brought it to his mouth.

At this moment, with a "bang!", a bone flew over, and half a bowl of wine splashed on Huang Zu's face in the wine bowl. Huang Zu was so angry that he was about to roar, but Wu Fan said:

"Oh, I almost forgot that Huang Taishou was sick and was not suitable for drinking."

Huang Zu almost got so angry that he was pumped over.

Just as he was about to smash the wine bowl, he yelled at Wu Fan to vent his anger, his eyes accidentally swept to Hua Xiong, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Li Zhan, Wen Pin and other military generals sitting in front of Wu Fan, all looking at him.

Although he had never fought, when Huang Zu saw the appearance of these military generals under Wu Fan, he knew that he had given him free in front of any person. Moreover, Huang Zu had long heard of Wu Fan's reputation, "General Tiance", the first place in the National Martial Arts Conference, and was praised by the world as the "No. 1 in the world"!

If you want to live longer, don’t be stupid here. Xiang Lang is right, and you should tolerate it if you should.

After thinking about this, Huang Zu returned the wine bowl to the soldiers, wiped his face, and bowed to Wu Fan:

"I still have some things to deal with, so I won't disturb Governor Wu's Yaxing."

As he said that, in order to show that he was not angry, he smiled at Wu Fan, but the smile was ugly than crying. Then, Huang Zu turned around and left with a step lower - the anger in his stomach made him feel unconscious.

Although Huang Zu was not very intelligent, he was not a fool. He knew very well that Wu Fan would definitely not agree to his request to stop building the city block after humiliating him repeatedly. Moreover, Huang Zu was really afraid of Wu Fan now, and he didn't know how he would be humiliated by Wu Fan if he stayed here again. He really didn't dare to try it out.

Just after Huang Zu and Xiang Lang walked about 200 meters away, the laughter of Wu Fan and his generals suddenly came from behind, and the laughter was obviously mocking. Huang Zu bit his back teeth, calmly holding his breath, and returned to the city with Xiang Lang.

As soon as he returned to the city, Huang Zu immediately became a living person. He changed his previous attitude of enduring his anger and shouted that he would kill Wu Fan with his own hands. Huang Zu's three generals, Zhang Yun, Xiang Lang and Han Song, persuaded him together. After a long time, Huang Zu finally calmed down.

Huang Zu, who had calmed down, was wondering how he could kill Wu Fan.

If you can't use tricks, you can't beat Wu Fan and his subordinates' wits.

It is even worse to use troops. Wu Fan's 450,000 troops were able to trample his Jiangling City into powder, add some water and dough, and roll out a cake and throw it out.

A single fight is even more nonsense. With these two tricks, ten of them are not Wu Fan’s opponents.

It's really a headache.

Huang Zu was in great pain and ate dinner without any taste. He was irritable after the meal. After lying on the bed, he couldn't even get excited even if his favorite concubine teased him, so he fell asleep in a daze.

At around two o'clock in the morning, I suddenly heard a shout of killing in my ears. Huang Zu opened his sleepy eyes and saw a fire coming in outside the window, as if a fire broke out in the city.

Huang Zu was wondering what was going on. A maid ran in panic and told him that Zhang Yun led a team of soldiers, injured, and was waiting outside for an emergency military report.

When Huang Zu heard this, he quickly turned over and got out of bed, and didn't even bother to wear his outer clothes, so he came outside the house with only his underwear.

As soon as he left the house, the shouts of killing became clear, especially the strongest in the south and west. Zhang Yun hurriedly reported to Huang Zu: Cao's army suddenly climbed the south and west walls, and had already poured into the city like a tide. The South City Gate and the West City Gate had both been occupied by Cao's army. It was only a matter of time before the city was broken. The prefect should follow us to escape from the city!

Huang Zu looked at Zhang Yun in disbelief - Cao's army rushed to Jiangling City for a long distance. He was busy building the city barrier as soon as he arrived at Jiangling City, but suddenly launched a night attack in the middle of the night to attack Jiangling City. This... this is simply unbelievable.

It was not until Zhang Yun and his wounded soldiers urged each other again that Huang Zu finally came to his senses. At this time, there were already shouts of killing outside the prefect's mansion, and Cao's army had already reached this point. Cao Zu did not dare to delay in panic, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to take their wives, concubines and family, go out from the back door of the prefect's mansion, and then flee to Xiangyang from the northern city gate.
Chapter completed!