Gan Ning was afraid that Li Meng was surrendering fraudulently at first, so he led his troops into Puzi County, and then handed over Li Meng's military power and controlled the entire city.

Until this time, Gan Ning still felt as if he was dreaming.

The soldiers came to the city for two days, and they did not besiege the city, nor did they siege it, and they did not even call for battle. Gan Ning didn't expect that the Puzi City garrison would surrender the next day.

What's even more surprising is that not only Li Meng, the defender of Puzi County, but even Fan Chou and Zhang Ji of Chang'an, seem to be surrendering and merging the state.

This news made Gan Ning feel inexplicably shocked.

You must know that although the soldiers and horses under the command of Fan Chou and Zhang Ji are not as good as Li Dao and Guo Yan, they also have tens of thousands of elites.

Such two powerful forces surrendered and merged with the state like this, but with Gan Ning's expression today, he was a little in a trance.

Ever since Li Meng received Fan Chou's letter, he has been a little uneasy in his heart. He didn't know what fate he would face after surrendering and annexing the state.

Therefore, today he has been a little cautious, and he is also very familiar with handing over all the military power in his hands to Gan Ning.

Because he knew that with the current chaotic and food shortage situation in Guanzhong, if Li Dao and the four of them could put aside their hatred and unite to resist the Bingzhou army, there was still some hope that the Bingzhou army would be defeated.

Li Meng did not directly surrender to Chen Xu before, and he did not have such a thought.

In his opinion, when faced with the threat of merging states, it is very likely that the four of Li Dao will unite again and send troops to resist the merger of states.

Li Meng had his own thoughts in his heart, if a few people in Chang'an shook hands and made peace and sent troops to rescue Puzi, he would fight to the end.

On the contrary, if the four of them were still fighting endlessly and ignored the siege of the city and land in Guanzhong by the state army, there would be no need for Li Meng to be loyal to the Xiliang army.

When the army of the state is approaching the city, he will not hesitate to surrender the city.

This is also why, obviously his subordinates are far more than Gan Ning's vanguard army, Li Meng still did not think of sending troops to fight Gan Ning.

On the one hand, he was jealous of Gan Ning's bravery; On the other hand, he wanted to leave a way back for himself.

Otherwise, even if he can defeat Gan Ning and retreat the vanguard army of the state, he will also leave a hidden danger for his future surrender and annexation.

Li Meng had thought of many possibilities, but he never thought that Fan Chou and Zhang Ji would directly prepare to surrender and merge with Chen Xu.

In this case, there is no suspense about Guanzhong's acquisition by Chen Xu. Then, if he Li Meng surrenders and annexes the state, he will not have the slightest psychological burden.

After all, the current Bingzhou soldiers are strong and strong, fierce generals are like clouds, and strategists are like rain. If he captures Guanzhong again, Chen Xu's strength will even surpass Dong Zhuo in his heyday.

Since ancient times, good birds choose trees to perch, and virtuous ministers choose their masters. It is indeed a wise decision to defect to a promising lord like Chen Xu.

Therefore, after Li Meng received Fan Chou's letter, he did not hesitate at all, and personally came to the camp to ask for surrender.

After Gan Ning completely took control of Puzi County, he admired Jia Xu even more in his heart. He put down all the affairs in his hand and went to visit Jia Xu in person.

"Sir's clever is rare in the world. Ning used to doubt Mr. in his heart, it was really a sin, a sin, and please don't take Mr. to heart. ”

Jia Xu saw Gan Ning coming over to ask him for guilt, and immediately said: "General Gan is also thinking about the state, what is the crime?" ”

Jia Xu is a person who is good at protecting himself, and he will not deliberately make friends with anyone in Bingzhou, nor will he offend anyone.

However, this time he came with Gan Ning to seize Puzi County, which actually offended Lu Bu.

Although Lu Buyong is brave, it is difficult for him to become a great weapon. Even if the lord marries his daughter, I am afraid that the lord is still jealous of this person in his heart. ”

"This time, I helped Xingba capture Puzi, and I can't guarantee that Lu Bu won't hold a grudge. In that case, why don't I continue to help Xingba? ”

Thinking of this, Jia Xu suddenly said to Gan Ning: "General Gan doesn't know if he can trust Jia Xu or not? ”

Gan Ning was stunned, not knowing why Jia Xu spoke like this.

But he is not a stupid person, if he can get in touch with Jia Xu, this resourceful person. It will certainly be of great benefit to his future development in the state army.

Therefore, Gan Ning did not hesitate and said categorically: "If it weren't for Mr. 's plan, Puzi County would definitely be difficult to attack. ”

"In that case, how could so-and-so not trust Mr.?"

Jia Xu had a smile on his face, and he said to Gan Ning: "I have a great merit and want to send it to General Yu Gan." I just don't know if the general has the guts to take it! ”

Gan Ning was overjoyed, straightened his chest, and said proudly: "Sir, just say that if there is really merit to be gained, how can a certain person be a coward?" ”

Jia Xu put his mouth next to Gan Ning's ear and said something, which immediately made Gan Ning's face blush. It can be seen that Gan Ning is struggling fiercely in his heart.

After a while, Gan Ning gritted his teeth and said: "Horses have no night grass and no fat, and people have no windfall and no wealth." If my husband has shown me a clear path, how can I cringe? ”

After speaking, he saluted Jia Xu and strode out the door.

However, it was said that Chen Xu took the army, and after resting in Yong'an for two days, he ordered the army to go to Puzi County to kill.

As for Yong'an County, he unexpectedly appointed Hao Zhao as the commander of Yong'an County. And with Hao Zhao, there were 3,000 soldiers and horses, as well as countless grains and grasses.

After hearing about Chen Xu's decision, many strategists in Bingzhou all admonished: "General Hao Zhao has not experienced many battles and is not experienced enough, so it is probably inappropriate for him to be stationed in the important city of Yong'an." ”

Chen Xu was against public opinion, and only said four words: "I believe him!" ”

Hao Zhao, who was still young, was suddenly moved in his heart after hearing Chen Xu's words.

Now Puzi has not yet been conquered, and the road between Bingzhou and Hedong County has not yet been opened. Now the importance of Yongan is self-evident.

However, leaving Hao Zhao to garrison Yong'an, Chen Xu did not mean it temporarily. He will not joke with the lives of tens of thousands of state troops.

Chen Xu values Hao Zhao, although there is a history because he resisted Zhuge Liang's tens of thousands of troops.

More importantly, during the time that Hao Zhao followed Chen Xu, Chen Xu personally taught him, and focused on teaching him the knowledge of defense.

Chen Xu could feel that although Hao Zhao was young, he had an amazing talent for defending the city. Chen Xu felt that he had nothing to teach Hao Zhao now.

If the chick cannot be tempered, it will not be able to become an eagle soaring in the sky.

Chen Xu believes that whether it is Hao Zhao or Zhang Liao, they all have to go through the baptism of blood and fire in order to grow to such heights in history.

Famous generals are never born.