In view of the fact that the Han army relied on night attacks to defeat the more with fewer attacks and the weak defeated the strong, and boldly divided the troops to collect food and grass, that night, Chen Can spent a lot of effort to arrange night defense. Not only did he arrange elite troops to take on night missions, but he also arranged several secret whistles outside the camp. The defense was Zhang Zhi's re-use of his old tricks and took advantage of the opportunity of county troops to divide his troops to attack again.

It surprised Chen Can. That night, Wu Lian Han army was not moving at all. Not only did the county soldiers' night-time team and the secret whistle outside the camp feed the autumn mosquitoes for one night, but Chen Can also find that he was a little foul. The county soldiers had already dug two camp-protecting trenches outside the camp and built sheep and horse walls, fences, arrow towers, and whistle towers. Even if the Han army, which was at a disadvantage in the army and combat effectiveness, could they help the solid county camp?

"Although you need to be cautious when using troops, there is no need to be so trembling. Being too careful to let our soldiers go to waste."

When Chen Can reminded himself in his heart, another accident happened. The Han army, who had been closed before, actually sent Wu Lian's Ji Cao Mosheng as an envoy, came to the county barracks with a white flag, and expressed his hope to meet Chen Can, and said that he had something to negotiate with Chen Can.

Out of curiosity, in order to find out what Zhang Zhi was selling, Chen Can of course led Zeng Kai and Liu Huan and other civil and military confidants to meet Mo Sheng. As a result, after Mo Sheng met Chen Can, he nodded and apologized as soon as he met, and said with stern remarks: "Prince forgives his crime. Half a month ago, you sent an envoy to the city to contact our army, because our Zhang Mingting happened to be sick and could not hold a banquet to entertain the envoy Zeng Zhubo, the envoy you sent, was really a big dissatisfaction with guests. If you are negligent, please don't mind Chen and Zeng Zhubo."

"A small matter is a small matter, Mo Ji Cao doesn't need to be so polite." Chen Can smiled and waved his hand, and asked curiously: "Mo Ji Cao, why did Deng Yuan (Zhang Zhi's name) send you to negotiate with our army?"

"Returning to Prefect Chen is just a small matter." Mo Sheng said in a shocking voice, "We Zhang Mingting want to invite Zeng Zhubo to the city for a banquet to thank him for his crime of neglect. We Zhang Mingting promised that we will follow the method of hospitality this time, so that Zeng Zhubo will eat and have fun in Wulian City and feel at home."

"What? Do you want to invite Zeng Zhubo to the banquet in Wulian City?" Chen Can was a little suspicious that he had heard it wrong, and subconsciously looked at Zeng Kai, but he never expected that Zhang Zhi would send such an invitation.

"Yes, that's right." Mo Sheng nodded calmly and said, "Please rest assured that our prefect Zhang Mingting just wanted to invite Zeng Zhubo to the city for fun, and there was no intention of harm. After entering the city, no matter when Zeng Zhubo wanted to leave, we Zhang Mingting would immediately send Zeng Zhubo out of the city and would never stop him and stay forcibly."

Chen Can and Zeng Kai were completely confused. After exchanging a glance with each other, Chen Can said, "Mo Ji Cao, please go to the guest account to rest for a while. Wait until the official asks Zeng Zhubo what he meant, and then give you a reply."

"It depends on the arrangement of the prefect." Mo Sheng replied respectfully, and said even more respectfully: "By the way, if Zeng Zhubo feels lonely entering the city alone, he can also bring several entourages into the city. The number of entourages can be decided by Zeng Zhubo, as long as he doesn't carry weapons."

"Also, Zhang Mingting heard that our soldiers were rude last time, and actually brought Zeng Zhubo to the county temple with his eyes blindfolded. He had personally scolded those rude soldiers, and promised that this time it would not be like this. After Zeng Zhubo and his group entered the city, we not only would not be blindfolded, but we can also let Zeng Zhubo freely choose the place to play. No matter where Zeng Zhubo wants to travel in Wulian City, we, Zhang Mingting, will personally accompany us to guide the way."

Chen Can and Zeng Kai opened their mouths directly. After finally coming to their senses, Chen Can first asked his personal soldiers to lead Mo Sheng out of the tent, and then immediately turned to Zeng Kai and asked, "What the hell do Zhang Zhi, what do you want to do? Not only do you want to invite you to the city for a banquet, but also said that you want to have fun in Wulian City. What exactly does he want to do?"

"I don't know either." Zeng Kai replied inexplicably: "I haven't encountered such a thing, let alone I haven't even heard of it?"

"Then do you dare to go into the city to peek at the enemy situation?" Chen Can asked immediately.

After hesitating for a moment, Zeng Kai nodded firmly and said, "I dare! As long as Zhang Zhi fulfills his promise, don't cover his subordinates' eyes this time, he will definitely take the opportunity to see clearly the real situation in Wulian City!"

"Very good." Chen Can nodded with satisfaction and said, "I will arrange two capable personal soldiers to go with you. If you really have a chance, you must find out for me what the situation is in Wulian City and how many days can Zhang Zhi's children's food and grass last!"

In this way, out of curiosity and the need to grasp the enemy situation, Zeng Kai really accepted Zhang Zhi's invitation and led two personal soldiers of Chen Can who were not carrying weapons to follow Mo Sheng out of the camp and rushed straight to Wu Lian City to visit the banquet. Then, it's true that after Mo Sheng entered the south gate of Wu Lian, the Han soldiers did not cover Zeng Kai's eyes with black cloth like last time. At the same time, Mo Sheng took the initiative to ask: "Zeng Zhubo, don't you know if you want to take a car to the county temple? Or do you want to walk around and walk to our Wu Lian County Temple?"

Blinking his eyes, Zeng Kai smiled and said, "I have been stuck in the camp these days, and I have very few activities, so let's go around."

"Then Master Zeng asked me to guide you in the next step."

Mo Sheng smiled and made an invitation. Zeng Kai thanked him with a smile, and then gave a wink at Chen Can's two capable soldiers. Then he walked forward and walked out of the city gate corridor with a little dim light under Mo Sheng's guidance.

Zeng Kai was stunned and unbelievable. After walking out of the city gate corridor, the first thing that caught his eye was not the tragic scene of starvation and sewage flowing in his imagination, but the clean and tidy Wulian Street, the mountains of guarding the city supplies piled up under the city, and the Han soldiers who practice chopping and stabbing on the streets. The Han soldiers who were trained in line were all full of energy and strong muscles, and could not see any cold and hungry appearance.

Zeng Kai and two Chen Can's personal soldiers were even stunned. When they walked forward, they clearly saw that ordinary people were everywhere in the shops and houses on both sides of the street. Men worked, women weaving cloth and spinning, children laughed and joking, and the elderly were mostly doing some leisure and leisure work within their ability. There was no sign of starvation on their faces, which was completely different from what Zeng Kai and others imagined that they had already lost their hunger.

Then, Zeng Kai and others clearly saw that some of the staff members in Wulian County Temple were actually pulling two-wheeled flatbed trucks to distribute some colorful small bags from house to house. The people of Wulian who received the small bags were all smiling happily, and they were extremely grateful to the staff members, and the children jumped and jumped, and were extremely happy. Seeing this scene, Zeng Kai could no longer suppress his curiosity and couldn't help asking Mo Sheng: "Mo Ji Cao, what are you sending to the people from house to house?"

"Instant noodles." Mo Sheng replied very directly, saying, "We Zhang Mingting kindly and loving the people. During the siege of the city, we did not replenish the people in the city. Each of us could receive three packs of instant noodles every day. When the army attacked the city, if these people were willing to transport supplies to help our Han army soldiers defend the city, each of us could receive two more packs every day."

"What?" Zeng Kai suspected that his ears were wrong, and he couldn't help asking: "This is the legendary instant noodles, can you really eat it?"

"Not only can it be eaten, it is also very delicious. None of our generals and soldiers don't like to eat."

Mo Sheng replied with a smile, then took the initiative to step forward, took a box of instant noodles from the trucks of Wu Lian's servants, opened it in front of Zeng Kai and others, took out a few packs and distributed them to Zeng Kai and others for closer inspection, and explained how to eat these instant noodles. Without further ado, he took the instant noodles and looked left and right. Of course, Zeng Kai and the two Chen Can's personal soldiers were both curious and shocked. One Chen Can's personal soldiers couldn't help but ask: "Mo Ji Cao, can we try this instant noodles?"

"Of course." Mo Sheng laughed and said, "After a while, you can come to our Wulian County Temple. No matter how much you want to eat this kind of instant noodles. If nothing unexpected happens, with our Zhang Mingting's temper, we will give you some to take them back and eat them slowly."

The shock was once again full of the faces of Zeng Kai and two Chen Can's personal soldiers. Mo Sheng had long expected that they would have such a reaction. He smiled and invited them to continue moving forward. While leading the way for Zeng Kai and others, he allowed Zeng Kai and others to peek at the situation in the city, so that they knew that the happy smile on the faces of the people of Wu Lian were not pretending. Not only did there be no food famine in Wu Lian City, but the Han army had more instant noodles in turn to support the people.

Finally arrived at the temple gate of Wulian County, Zhang Zhi had already led Wulian's main civil and military personnel to greet him. As soon as he met, he apologized to Zeng Kai and bowed and said, "Zeng Zhubo, I'm really sorry. When you came last time, the lower official happened to be sick and failed to treat you well. If you are rude, please don't blame Zeng Zhubo."

With plenty of light, Zeng Kai finally saw Zhang Zhi clearly. He was in his early twenties, handsome, decent and elegant demeanor, and looked very well-educated—at least it should be like this. Then Zeng Kai quickly returned the favor and said with a forced smile: "You don't have to be polite in the Ming court. Who doesn't have any three or five disasters? The last time you disturbed you when you were sick, you should be rude."

"Master Bo is polite." Zhang Zhi laughed and came to pull Zeng Kai in person and said, "Zeng Zhubo is welcomed quickly. The banquet has been prepared. Today, Zeng Zhubo must not be drunk and not return."

Zhang Zhi personally led to the lobby of the county temple. A relatively rich banquet was prepared in the lobby. However, what surprised Zeng Kai and others was that in the middle of the lobby, there was a few pots of boiling water in a charcoal basin. I don’t know what to do. Zhang Zhi didn’t explain, but just invited Zeng Kai and others to sit down, and introduced Ma Feng and Zhu Xiang and others to Zeng Kai. In addition, it was at this time that Zeng Kai discovered that the former county magistrate Xue Rang and Qu general Wu Ma were also among the Wu Lian civil and military people, and they also participated in the banquet together.

At this time, the highlight was staged. In front of Zeng Kai and his group of three, two chefs from Wulian County, opened up some instant noodles that Zeng Kai and others had just seen in public, put the dough and seasoning bags into the pot to cook. Then, a rich fragrance that Zeng Kai and others had never smelled before quickly rose in the pot, making Zeng Kai and others unable to help but produce saliva in their mouths, and they were amazed in their hearts, "What? It's so fragrant?"

Zeng Kai and others waited for a long time, and the chef quickly used chopsticks to pick up the cooked noodles into large bowls, scooped the soup and soaked the noodles. He was extremely polite and carried them to Zeng Kai and others, and then distributed them to Zhang Zhi and Wu Lian Wenwu. Zhang Zhi picked up the chopsticks and ate a few bites, and then smiled at Zeng Kai and others, "Zeng Master is a poor man, two county soldiers, Wu Lian City is poor, and there is nothing good. Only this kind of instant noodles can be barely taken out. Please try it."

Seeing that Zhang Zhi had taken the lead in taking a few bites, he knew that there were no special ingredients in the instant noodles, Zeng Kai could no longer bear the temptation brought by the fragrance of instant noodles. After a few words, he immediately picked up some instant noodles with chopsticks and put them in his mouth, and then...

Then, the incredible expression was immediately filled with Zeng Kai's face, which made Zeng Kai unable to help but put the chopsticks and kept picking up the instant noodles in the bowl into his mouth and chewing them. While swallowing in his mouth, he kept screaming in his heart, "This is the taste of instant noodles? No wonder that Su Ding said that this thing is so delicious, it is really delicious! Zhang Zhizhejun and Wu Lian people can really eat such delicious things every day?"

The two Chen Can's personal soldiers were even more unbearable. Not only did they pick up the bowl and chew it, but they also ate the soup on their faces and slurped in their mouths. Then, like every native of the Three Kingdoms who tasted instant noodles for the first time, they drank the soup in the bowl cleanly, and then tried their best to lick their mouths and tongues, unable to bear to waste the slightest deliciousness at the corners of their mouths.

After fulfilling the promise, three bowls of instant noodles were immediately served to Zeng Kai and his party. Zhang Zhi smiled and said, "Zeng Zhubo, please try it with another taste. What you just ate is called onion-flavored pork ribs noodles, and the new one is called braised beef noodles, which has a stronger taste."

The delicious beef made with chemical seasonings made Zeng Kai and his group almost swallow their tongues. With the efforts of the county temple chef, the old sauerkraut beef noodles and braised beef noodles were also brought to Zeng Kai and others one after another, allowing Zeng Kai and others to swallow it and eat it. They were full of surprises.

Finally, after eating six bowls of instant noodles in a row, Zeng Kai noticed that Zhang Zhi and others had not finished a bowl of instant noodles. He immediately said a little embarrassedly: "It made Mingting laugh. This instant noodles are really delicious. By the way, Zhang Mingting, Xue Juncheng, General Wu, why do you eat so slowly?"

"I'm not hiding Zeng Zhubo, I'm used to eating, so I've eaten slowly." Xue Rang spoke with a bitter smile: "But like you, when I first ate instant noodles, I was exactly the same as Zeng Zhubo, and I'm not willing to put down the bowl until I can't eat it anymore."

"Juncheng Xue, can you really eat such delicious instant noodles every day?" Zeng Kai asked unbearably.

"You can eat every day." Xue Rang nodded and said, "If Zeng Zhubo doesn't believe it, he can go to the city tomorrow to be a guest. I guarantee that you can eat instant noodles every day."

Zeng Kai was stunned, and the two Chen Can's personal soldiers who were still eating noodles were also stunned. They couldn't believe that the Han army could eat such supreme delicacies every day. Zhang Zhi knew their thoughts and took the initiative to say, "Zeng Zhubo, if you don't believe it, the officials can take you to our warehouse to take a look, and see how many instant noodles are there in the warehouse in our Wulian County."

After hesitating for a while, in order to grasp the food situation of the Han army, Zeng Kai nodded and said, "Since the Ming court doesn't mind, then of course I want to take a look at it with my own eyes."

Finally, after Zeng Kai ate two more bowls of instant noodles, and the two Chen Can's personal soldiers each ate more than a dozen bowls of instant noodles, Zhang Zhicai smiled and stood up, and took the initiative to invite Zeng Kai and others to Wulian County Cushion to check the Han army's instant noodles storage situation. The result...

As a result, when he arrived at Wulian County Cushion and saw the instant noodles piled up in the warehouse, Zeng Kai and two Chen Can's personal soldiers, whose belly was already round, were almost scared to kneel down on the spot. Zhang Zhize took the initiative to smile and said, "Zeng Zhubo, two county soldiers, if you like it, you can go in and see it, open the box and take out the instant noodles."

After exchanging a few glances with each other, Zeng Kai and his group actually walked into the warehouse and opened many boxes of instant noodles to see if Zhang Zhi was cheating. Then, carefully confirmed that the box was indeed full of instant noodles that they had just eaten a lot of voraciously. Zeng Kai couldn't help but ask: "Mingting, can you ask, how many instant noodles are there in your hands?"

"Not many at the moment." Zhang Zhi replied with a smile: "The instant noodles we have in our hands are probably only enough for us to eat in the whole city for one or two years. However, if I am willing, I can find ways to get more instant noodles like this."

"One..., one or two years?" Zeng Kai almost cried and asked quickly: "Zhang Mingting, what did you say just now? Can you get more instant noodles like this? How do you do it?"

"Sorry, this is our secret, I can't tell you." Zhang Zhi replied with a smile, and said, "But Zeng Zhubo, if you are willing to return to our Han army like Xue Juncheng and General Wu, and join forces with us to restore the country, then this official can not only guarantee that you can eat instant noodles every day, but also let Zeng Zhubo know where our instant noodles come from."

Not to mention, when he heard this, Zeng Kai and two Chen Can's personal soldiers who had stuttered instant noodles just now had the urge to surrender to the Han army immediately. Then, after forcing himself to suppress the impulse, Zeng Kai bowed and said, "Thank you for the Ming court's good intentions, but I am so kind to the prefect, and I can't bear to abandon it, so I can only say sorry to the Ming court."

"It's okay." Zhang Zhi waved his hand generously and said, "After I defeated Chen Taishou on the battlefield, Zeng Zhubo would be able to return to the Han army at that time. At that time, I will definitely use Zhubo. After all, our Han army has just started again and urgently needs all kinds of civil and military talents."

Zeng Kai was speechless, and Zhang Zhizhe took out a letter and handed it to Zeng Kai and said, "Zeng Master Bo, I'll take you back to the camp and hand it over to Prefect Chen. I have made up my mind to take advantage of the precious opportunity of the temporary division of troops of your army and lead the army out of the city tomorrow to fight to the death. I hope that Prefect Chen will not be afraid of war and not fight."

After hesitating for a while, Zeng Kai took Zhang Zhi's war letter with both hands. Zhang Zhi patted his shoulder and told him: "In addition, please tell the prefect Chen clearly that this is also the opportunity given to him by the official. If you refuse to seize this opportunity to fight, then the official will stick to the city and compete with him for food and grass consumption, and see which of us can consume more than who can."

In addition to asking Zeng Kai to take the letter of the appointment out of the city and hand it over to Chen Can, and when he personally sent Zeng Kai and others out of the city, Zhang Zhi waved his hand and asked Zeng Kai to bring twenty boxes of Huafeng Sanxian noodles back to give to Chen Can, further proving that he had enough food in his hands.
Chapter completed!