Chapter 350

"... have such a great effect. Now, there is no need to even use the Military Advisor's brilliant plan!"

Watching Niyang City being recaptured so easily, Guan Yu could not help but exclaim to Zhang Fei.

"Hehehe!"

Zhang Fei scratched his head in embarrassment and gave Guan Yu a silly grin.

"Second Brother, it's just that this Hu Zhen's words were too infuriating. Third Brother here couldn't hold back and beheaded him; you mustn't blame me!"

"Sigh, what are you saying, Third Brother? How could Second Brother blame you!"

"This was all Hu Zhen's own doing. I just didn't expect that we would take Niyang City without wasting a single soldier."

"It feels a bit unreal to have taken it so easily!"

"Besides, for Hu Zhen to dare insult my Third Brother like that, letting him die so easily was really letting him off too lightly!"

Guan Yu waved his hand at Zhang Fei and explained with a sincere expression.

"That's good then, as long as Second Brother doesn't blame me."

Zhang Fei did not think that much; he did not care what method was used to take Niyang City! As long as Guan Yu did not blame him, he was very happy.

Just as the two were talking, the gates of Niyang City were opened, and a middle-aged general was seen leading the city's army, walking quickly toward Guan Yu.

"This subordinate, Zhao Erniu, a chiliarch under Hu Zhen of Niyang City, pays respects to General Guan and General Zhang!"

The chiliarch Zhao Erniu approached and respectfully bowed to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

And the soldiers behind him, seeing Zhao Erniu's actions, also knelt on one knee one after another and shouted loudly to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei:

"Pay respects to General Guan, pay respects to General Zhang!"

Looking at the crowd bowing respectfully before him, Guan Yu hurriedly stepped forward, helped Zhao Erniu up, and said to everyone:

"There is no need for such formalities, everyone rise!"

Seeing Guan Yu personally come to help him up, Zhao Erniu was immediately moved and said: "This subordinate thanks General Guan!"

"Thank you, General Guan!"

Subsequently, Zhao Erniu and the crowd behind him also rose one after another.

"General, please follow me into the city!"

After rising, Zhao Erniu said respectfully to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

"Then I will trouble Brother Erniu to lead the way!"

Looking at the respectful Zhao Erniu before him, Guan Yu also said gently.

No matter where one is, humble people can always gain the favor of others.

Soon, Guan Yu and his party entered Niyang City along with Zhao Erniu.

And Guan Yu, after spending two days handling the affairs in Niyang City, handed over the heavy responsibility of guarding Niyang City.

To his deputy general, Zhou Cang.

This Zhou Cang was originally a subordinate of Zhang Bao of the Yellow Turban Army. After Zhang Bao followed his elder brother, the Yellow Turban Army's Great Virtuous Teacher Zhang Jiao, and died in the uprising.

Zhou Cang met Guan Yu by chance, and because he felt awe for Guan Yu's character, he decided to follow him.

In the original history, Zhou Cang was also a rare and fierce general. After Guan Yu was defeated, Zhou Cang was heartbroken and committed suicide by the sword shortly after.

Now that he has followed Guan Yu and surrendered to Liu Bian, possessing a King Body, his cultivation has even broken through to the Houtian First Layer realm.

"Zhou Cang, Third Brother and I are about to rush to Fuping to assist His Majesty."

"After Third Brother and I leave, the task of guarding Niyang City will be handed to you."

"You were brought up by my own hand, so please don't let me down. After returning to Luoyang, I will petition His Majesty to have you transferred back."

Before leaving, Guan Yu gave solemn instructions to Zhou Cang, Zhao Erniu, and the others.

"Please rest assured, General; this subordinate will definitely guard Niyang City well and will never bring shame to His Majesty or the General!"

After hearing Guan Yu's instructions, Zhou Cang promised him with a solemn expression.

"Good, worthy of being brought up by my own hand!"

After praising Zhou Cang, Guan Yu turned his gaze to Zhao Erniu, who was standing to the side with a respectful expression.

"Erniu! Although you are a surrendered general, you are quite loyal and righteous, and you were able to turn over a new leaf in time and made contributions by surrendering Niyang City, so I think highly of you!"

"Now that you have practiced the martial arts techniques that His Majesty asked me to pass on to you, you must practice hard in the future, assist Zhou Cang earnestly, and guard Niyang City well!"

"Please rest assured, General; this subordinate will definitely not fail the trust of His Majesty and the General!"

Seeing Guan Yu giving him earnest instructions alone, Zhao Erniu was immediately moved and responded loudly.

Initially, due to manpower issues, after many cities were captured, there was a lack of troops to guard them.

Liu Bian, Guo Jia, and others, after deliberation, decided to pass on the first three layers of the "Heaven and Earth Creation Martial Canon" to these city guards.

In this way, although the number of garrison personnel decreased, the quality increased many times over.

According to the characteristics of the system's techniques, as long as their loyalty to Liu Bian reaches 60 or above, they can practice them.

And in the future, as they practice deeper, their loyalty to Liu Bian will become higher.

There is no need to worry about people with impure intentions mixing in. As long as everyone successfully practices the techniques, there will be no possibility of betrayal in the future.

This is the terrifying aspect of the system!

"Good, then that's it. There are many things to do in Niyang City, and there are ten tons of corn bestowed by His Majesty waiting for you to distribute to the people!"

"The distribution plan for this corn has already been handed to you; you must not be careless about this matter."

"You must watch over it personally. This was personally instructed by His Majesty before I set out; you two must also take it seriously!"

After Guan Yu finished handing over the garrison work of Niyang City, he gave further instructions to the two regarding the distribution of the ten tons of corn seeds given by Liu Bian.

After all, both of them were martial generals by background and were rough men.

Asking them to lead troops in battlefield slaughter was fine, but suddenly arranging for them to handle political affairs was really a bit difficult for them.

However, before Guan Yu set out, Liu Bian had already anticipated this and had Guo Jia and others formulate a plan.

Guan Yu only needed to send people to implement it.

"Please rest assured, General; this subordinate and the others will definitely handle this matter properly according to the plan formulated by His Majesty!"

Zhou Cang and Zhao Erniu, seeing Guan Yu giving them instructions with a solemn expression.

The two immediately promised Guan Yu solemnly.

If they had to handle it themselves, they really wouldn't know how to proceed.

Now that Liu Bian and the others had already formulated the plan, they only needed to execute it, which became simple.

Therefore, they had the confidence to make such a confident promise to Guan Yu.

"Niyang City is left to you two; this General will rush to rendezvous with His Majesty now!"

"Please rest assured, General; this subordinate respectfully sees you off!"

After saying this to the two, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei immediately led their army and galloped all the way toward Fuping City, the commandery seat of Beidi Commandery.