Although Cao Zhen wanted to laugh, he thought that he couldn't blame Cao Ren for anything. His side was short of food and grass, so even if Cao Ren brought his troops there, there was actually not so much food and grass for him. Of course, it would be enough for a while, but his side always lost wars before, and food and grass were often lost. Moreover, after so long, it was not a strange thing that Cao Ren was short of food and was short of food.

At this time, Zhu Zan said to the soldiers who delivered the letter: "Okay, we all know. You go down and rest first, wait a moment before coming!"

"No! Two generals, let's leave!"

After saying that, the soldiers retreated and someone took him down to rest. After the soldiers left, Zhu Zan said to Cao Zhen: "Zi Dan, how about it?"

Cao Zhen smiled bitterly at this time: "There is now a shortage of food and grass on the front line, so we have to transport some here as soon as possible!"

Isn't that true? This matter must not be delayed for too long, otherwise something will happen, and it will be a big deal.

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Both of them read Cao Ren's handwritten letters, and they both recognized Cao Ren's font, which was true. From Cao Ren, they could see that he was really anxious, so...

Zhu Zan nodded, but it was certain that the food was transported. The key was to let who would go. You can't assign one casually. This may not be smooth sailing from Xiangyang to Changsha. So to be on the safe side, it would be safer for me or Cao Zhen to go.

Therefore, Zhu Zan said, "Zi Dan, at this time, it will eventually fall on you and me, otherwise you will stay in Xiangyang and I will personally escort the food and grass to Changsha?" Zhu Zan did think so. Anyway, he is Cao Zhen, so he should go there by himself.

As a result, Cao Zhen waved his hand, "No, I think you are still here. I'll go there myself, after all, I'm familiar with the clan uncle!"

When Zhu Zan heard this, he nodded. If you really count it, Cao Ren is actually the uncle of Cao Zhen, so it is easy for acquaintances to do things.

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At least he knew that Cao Zhen was much better than himself. As for not saying it before, it wasn’t that Zhu Zan had any concerns, but he just thought that he would go by himself. After all, Cao Zhen had a thought. He didn’t know much, so it was no big deal to go for him. But now Cao Zhen said he would take the initiative to go, so for Zhu Zan, he really couldn’t enjoy it, so he was “why not to do it”.

Therefore, he smiled at Cao Zhen and said, "Since Zidan said so, I will stay in Xiangyang. Zidan went to Changsha in person!" Cao Zhen nodded when he heard this. He thought so. Instead of staying in Xiangyang himself, it would be better to go out. If you say that you have been here for a long time, you are not so willing to stay here. There is nothing to do all day, so it is really better to go out and have a better look.

So he told Zhu Zan directly that based on the relationship between the two, indeed, nothing Cao Zhen said. Zhu Zan would not object to it.

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So in this way, Zhu Zan and Cao Zhen agreed that it would be Zhu Zan to be responsible for defending Xiangyang, while Cao Zhen personally escorted the food and grass to Changsha to meet Cao Ren.

Finally, Zhu Zan said, "It's not too late. Zidan should hurry up and take that soldier with him!"

Cao Zhen nodded when he heard this. Why didn’t he think so? So he said, “It’s so great! After I finish it, I will go to Changsha!”

Zhu Zan nodded, then ordered the soldiers: "Go and call the previous messenger over, and say I have something to do to find him!"

"promise!"

After a while, the one who delivered the letter before arrived. After quickly greeting Zhu Zan and Cao Zhen, Zhu Zan said, "After a while, General Cao Zhen will go with you to escort food and grass to Changsha!"

When the sender heard this, he was overjoyed, "No! General Cao will definitely be happy when he sees it!"

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Zhu Zan ordered to take the food and grass. After Cao Zhen was ready, he took his men and horses and escorted the food and grass with the soldiers who sent the letter. As for Zhu Zan, he personally sent Cao Zhen out of Xiangyang City to more than one mile. Although it would be good to go to Changsha, Zhu Zan believed that with Cao Zhen's ability, nothing would happen. Unless the Liangzhou army had learned the news and sent a large army to intercept it along the way, there would be no way.

However, Zhu Zan thought Cao Zhen would not encounter such a thing. Not to mention that Ma Chao is in Jiangling now, he would not know that his side lacks food and grass. Even Huang Zhong, a local native of Changsha, didn't even know anyone.

Then he didn't know, so could Ma Chao in Jiangling know? So as long as the Liangzhou army didn't know the news and did nothing, then Cao Zhen would have no difficulties and obstacles along the way. Of course, if there were some robberies along the way, it would be a waste of life, but Jingzhou seemed to be not like that.

Cao Zhen escorted food and grass to Changsha, and Zhu Zan was still guarding Xiangyang. The two of them had clear division of labor and each had something to do.

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Cao Ren and Lu Su led their troops to Luo County, and the guards in Luo County was Ganning and Gan Xingba who surrendered to Ma Chao in Jingzhou. This was also the same that Ma Chao personally appointed him after he captured Changsha and stabilized it. After all, Ma Chao knew the importance of Luo County, so he also valued it more, otherwise Gan Ning would not have been allowed to garrison. Moreover, there were not too few people in the city, with a total of 5,000 Liangzhou troops, so it goes without saying that Ma Chao valued Luo County.

When Gan Ning heard the horse report that the Yanzhou Army and the Jiangdong Army coalition forces came to Luo County, he smiled. He thought it was a good thing! He was worried that he could not fight with his lord, and his lord arranged for him here. But he was really "sleepy and someone gave him a pillow". He came whatever he wanted. He wanted to deal with Liu Bei's Han army before, but he didn't have the chance, so his lord would not take him there. But now the Yanzhou Army and Jiangdong Army have come to his door.

This is really great. For Gan Ning, although he would not be like Cui An, who had no war and could not go to war, he would be upset. If he didn't kill people, his hands would be itchy. But it was really not much.

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He is not as serious as Cui An, but not as mild as Cui An, and he is all a militant! Thinking about it, Gan Ning was born into a water thief, so he had to fight with others almost every day. So this has developed his warlike character, which is actually not difficult to understand. As for Cui An, he doesn't need to say more.

Seeing the two armies set up camp, although Gan Ning did not underestimate the Yanzhou Army and the Jiangdong Army, he would not look down on them very much. So at this time he murmured to himself, "The Yanzhou Army and the Jiangdong Army are just like this!"

Of course, Gan Ning's words did not mean that he looked down on their coalition forces, but now Cao Ren brought the Yanzhou Army and the Jiangdong Army led by Lu Su. After so many battles, there were indeed not many people left. If there were tens of thousands, or even tens of thousands, Gan Ning would never say that. But obviously, this was indeed quite different from what he thought. At least Gan Ning felt that there were only so few people left in the Yanzhou Army and the Jiangdong Army, so he would dare to come to Changsha? Are they not afraid of the entire army being wiped out?

Yes, Gan Ning didn't think he could wipe out the other party. But he also knew Huang Zhong's ability.

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As for him, he knew it in his heart. Huang Zhong was not as old as he was, but his martial arts were a little higher than his. Moreover, his ability was only above him, but definitely not below him.

After giving a few instructions to the soldiers, Gan Ning went down the city. At this time, he just went up to the city and looked at it, and there were no more. For Gan Ning, he could not find too many things in the enemy's army, but he knew in his heart that as the main general, he still had to show the soldiers under his command, so even if he was acting, he had to let them know that he didn't care about the Yanzhou Army and the Jiangdong Army coalition, and was even confident of defending the city.

Compared to Gan Ning, everyone was in the central tent of Cao Ren, the army of Yanzhou, at this time, even Lu Su and Zhang Liao were there, and everyone was there.

At this time, Cao Ren said: "Guardian Gan Ning of Luo County can be regarded as a character, and it is definitely not a general, and it is not comparable to Huang Xu from southern Hunan and Mi Fang before!"

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Cao Ren said, and everyone nodded. Isn’t that the case? Speaking of which, Gan Ning is definitely a famous person in Jingzhou, and Yizhou and Jiangdong next to him are all famous people. Even if he is in the world, he is not an unknown person. This is correct.

At this time, Lu Su spoke, "What General Cao said is right. If you don't talk about Gan Ning's reputation in the world, just say that he is on the front line of the Yangtze River, he is a famous person and no one can reach!"

After all, Lu Su is from the Jiangdong Army, so he naturally has a relatively good understanding of Gan Ning, and he knows a little more than Cao Ren. This is certain. So he also pointed out that in the long-term, no one is more famous than the "Jinfan Thief" Gan Ning and Gan Xingba. If there were such a person, he would not have heard of it, but the fact is that there is really no one.

Everyone nodded when they heard this, obviously they knew Gan Ning. But they could not "grow others' ambitions and destroy their own prestige", so Niu Jin spoke, "General, sir, let me lead the army to seize this Luo County. Gan Ning did have some tricks, but I am not afraid of him!"

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Cao Ren nodded to Niu Jin with a smile, but before he could say anything, Lu Su smiled and said, "Okay! General Niu is a quick talk, great! But don't be careless about Gan Ning, so I suggest that we should take another day off and advance again the next day! I wonder what General Cao thinks?"

Cao Ren knew that Lu Su was doing things more safely. This day off does not mean that he was afraid of Gan Ning. On the contrary, Lu Su had never been afraid of anything, and Cao Ren knew it. So he looked at Guo Huai and Niu Jin, and of course Kou Feng also looked at him. After all, the other party had just joined his own side, so it was really hard for him to feel that he favored one and the other. In that case, it would be of no benefit to himself and himself.

As a result, Guo Huai of course nodded slightly to Cao Ren, and that was the meaning, he could agree to this matter. In fact, in his opinion, this is also more beneficial to his side, so it was Lu Su who took the initiative to propose it, so why not do it?

Niu Jin later gave Cao Ren a secret wink, and he meant that the general should not agree, don’t agree.

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When Cao Ren saw him like that, he really thought it was quite interesting. Speaking of which, Niu Jin has been with him for many years, so he naturally knew a lot about his personality. Therefore, he was anxious to attack the city, not that he didn't understand, nor that he couldn't understand.

But how to say it, if Lu Su didn't say this, maybe he would let Niu Jin lead his troops to attack the city tomorrow. But everyone took the initiative to propose it. First, this is good for both sides, and second, he is not good to give him face to Lu Su. If it is really something that needs to be argued and must be fought for by himself, then he may not be too concerned about the people. Anyway, it is right to argue with the truth.

However, in such a big deal, Cao Ren naturally couldn't refute Lu Su's face, so he must agree. However, Niu Jin obviously didn't think so much. As for Kou Feng, he nodded slightly like Guo Huai, and he meant that he agreed. So whether it was the attitude of the three or Cao Ren's previous thoughts, he had already agreed to what Lu Su said. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!