Chapter 292: Conspiring to Capture Hulao Pass

Zhang Yu had a fight with Dian Wei, although he was not yet an opponent, but with all his strength, he would not lose after two hundred moves.

And when Zhang Yu became familiar with his own strength, his combat power could be further improved.

Go back and take a good rest. Fighting with Dian Wei is impossible without exhausting your energy.

Then Zhang Yu began to deal with various things.

Now that Wu County is also taken over by Zhang Yu, the first thing is to control Wu County. For this reason, Kuaiji County sent 5,000 city guards there, and Ling Cao also sent 2,000 troops back, otherwise it would not be enough.

In addition, Xi Zhicai was temporarily seconded to take over the entire Wu County.

Xi Zhicai directly brought five thousand soldiers and horses there, and first took over all the troops in Wu County.

The army in Wu County is not many, only more than 7,000 in total, and its combat effectiveness is worse than that of the garrison army in Kuaiji County.

Taking over the military made things a lot easier.

Today, Zhang Yu actually controls four counties, Liaodong and Xuantu counties in the north, Kuaiji county and Wu county in the south.

The four counties also have a population of almost 3 million, mainly because the population of Xuantu County and Kuaiji County is too small. The population of Xuantu County is only about 100,000 now.

Wu County has a relatively large population, but not too much, and part of the basic population that has increased several times has been absorbed by Kuaiji County.

Moreover, there are few local counties in Wu County, and the population increase each time is also small.

Now Zhang Yu has too few talents, otherwise dozens of counties will be added at once. Now Zhang Yu still has ten population exchanges, and the population will be increased at once.

Zhang Yu doesn't plan to increase the population now, the increased population is too much, and there is not enough food to digest it.

The most important thing now is to recruit talents. Only when there are enough talents can the stall be spread out.

After dealing with a bunch of business matters, Zhang Yu quietly thought about what to do next.

"Liu Hongna has to meet again. Now Liu Hong is still very useful. His time is running out."

Now it is mid-June, Liu Hong is not much time away from his death, and Dong Zhuo also received the news soon, so Zhang Yu must act as soon as possible.

Zhang Yu sent someone to contact Zhang Rang, and he wanted to see Zhang Rang.

The next day, Zhang Yu sent someone to contact Zhang Rang, and Zhang Rang replied quickly, telling Zhang Yu to come to the palace to look for him at any time.

Zhang Yu then went into the palace to meet Zhang Rang.

This time, both of them didn't give each other a hard time, but sat together peacefully to negotiate.

"Are you serious? He Jin really summoned foreign ministers to Beijing to slaughter us?" Zhang Rang was shocked when he heard it, and stood up and said.

"That's right, as far as I know, He Jin has secretly summoned Dong Zhuo, Ding Yuan and others. They should have received the news by now." Zhang Yu said.

"Master Zhang, why don't we join hands and kill He Jin first." Zhang Rang gritted his teeth and said.

Zhang Yu shook his head and said: "He Jin is a great general, he is not unprepared, he has thousands of troops defending, and Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and other lieutenants are also gathered by He Jin, our soldiers and horses are all under his watch, Nothing can be done, and the only one who can stop it now is His Majesty."

Zhang Rang's face darkened. He wanted to kill He Jin, but after Zhang Yu's analysis, he realized that it was impossible to kill He Jin.

"I'll come back tomorrow, you go and find out first." Zhang Yu stood up and left after speaking.

In fact, Zhang Rang already believed Zhang Yu's words, but Zhang Yu didn't want to show his cards so early, so Zhang Rang was in a hurry for the night so that he could bargain tomorrow.

"Wait." Zhang Rang stopped Zhang Yu and handed him a token and said, "This token allows you to enter and leave the palace freely. Master Zhang can enter the palace directly if you have anything to do, and you don't need to report."

Zhang Yu smiled and nodded, took the token and left.

After Zhang Yu left, Zhang Rang immediately sent someone to investigate.

These news are not very secret. Although He Jin pays attention to keeping it secret, too many people know about it, and the secret has been leaked in many places.

Those who know are from aristocratic families. In order to prepare in advance, they will always tell their own people and some aristocratic families that they have made good friends with. In this way,

Within a few days, the news was an open secret among the upper classes.

When Zhang Rang got the news, he took a deep breath.

Sensing the approaching death threat, Zhang Rang was very anxious and didn't sleep all night.

Early the next morning, he sent someone to invite Zhang Yu early.

Zhang Yu took people into the palace after receiving the news.

After entering the palace, Zhang Yu met Zhang Rang.

"Master Zhang Rang, it seems that you didn't sleep well last night." Zhang Yu said with a smile.

At this moment, Zhang Rang's eyes were red, and it was obvious that he hadn't slept much all night.

Zhang Rang was not in the mood to joke with Zhang Yu, but said: "Master Zhang said yesterday that only His Majesty can stop it. To be honest, His Majesty is very weak now, sleeping all day long, and waking up for less than an hour a day."

Zhang Rang told the truth about Liu Hong, and then looked at Zhang Yu.

"I have a magic medicine here, which can make him recover immediately, but time is effective, about seven days, after seven days, it is estimated that..."

Zhang Rang took a deep breath, only seven days, for Zhang Rang, it was too much of a blow.

"Okay, seven days is seven days." Zhang Rang gritted his teeth and said.

At this time, Zhang Rang had no better way.

Zhang Yu looked at Zhang Rang quietly.

"Master Zhang, you've reached this point now, just ask what you want, and if you drag on, I'm afraid you and I won't be able to escape." Looking at Zhang Yu's eyes, Zhang Rang knew that he was going to blackmail himself again, so he said bluntly. Said.

Zhang Yu said unceremoniously: "Let Your Majesty personally announce the Yangtze River patrol envoy as a second-rank general in the early court, and confirm that Kuaiji County, Wu County, Liaodong County, and Xuantu County will become my territory. In addition, the entire East China Sea will be designated. come under my control."

"These are the conditions for now, let's talk about other things when you think about it." Zhang Yu said again.

Zhang Rang shook his head, thinking that what Zhang Yu wanted was just some useless positions.

As far as Zhang Rang is concerned, he likes to count these things as money. If he sells these official positions, he won't be able to sell them for much money.

Zhang Rang readily agreed.

Then he asked: "Master Zhang, that's all? Don't you want some practical benefits? Like Marquis and money?"

Seeing that Zhang Yu wanted too little, Zhang Rang was afraid that Zhang Yu would not work hard, so he asked again.

"No, some things are not given by others, you should take them yourself." Zhang Yu said.

"Oh, by the way, give me an imperial decree immediately. I have 10,000 people in Kuaiji County to enter Hulao Pass. At this time, I need more people and more strength to do it together." Zhang Yu said again.

Zhang Rang has no doubts, at this time Zhang Yu will give whatever he wants, and of course he can't ask too much.

Zhang Rang moved quickly, and immediately went to get the imperial edict for Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu received the imperial edict to enter Hulao Pass.