Chapter 77

"Would have such a great effect; this time, even the military advisor's clever plan in the silk bag is not needed!"

Guan Yu looked at Niyang City being recovered so easily and couldn't help but sigh to Zhang Fei.

"Hehehe!"

Zhang Fei scratched his head embarrassedly and laughed foolishly at Guan Yu.

"Second Brother, it's mainly because this Hu Zhen's words were too irritating; Third Brother didn't hold back and beheaded him; you can't blame me!"

"Hey, what words is Third Brother saying; how could Second Brother blame you!"

"This is all Hu Zhen's own doing; I just didn't expect that we would take Niyang City so easily without spending a single soldier."

"It feels a bit unreal!"

"Moreover, this Hu Zhen dared to bully my Third Brother like this; letting him die so easily is really cheap for him!"

Guan Yu waved his hand at Zhang Fei and explained sincerely.

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

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

Just when the two were talking, the gate of Niyang City was opened; only to see a middle-aged general leading the army in the city and walking quickly toward Guan Yu.

"This humble general, Zhao Erniu, thousand-man commander under Hu Zhen of Niyang City, pays respects to General Guan and General Zhang!"

Only to see the thousand-man commander Zhao Erniu come up and salute Guan Yu and Zhang Fei respectfully.

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

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

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

"Everyone, no need for formalities, all rise!"

Seeing Guan Yu come to help him up personally, Zhao Erniu was immediately excited: "This humble general thanks General Guan!"

"Thank you, General Guan!"

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

"General, please follow this humble general into the city!"

After standing up, 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 warmly.

No matter where, for humble people, one can always gain the good feelings of others.

Quickly, Guan Yu's party followed Zhao Erniu and entered Niyang City.

And Guan Yu, after spending two days dealing with the matters in Niyang City, handed over the heavy responsibility of guarding Niyang City.

To his deputy general, Zhou Cang.

This Zhou Cang was originally under Zhang Bao of the Yellow Turban Army; after Zhang Bao followed his eldest brother, the Yellow Turban Army's Great Worthy Teacher Zhang Jiao, and died in battle.

Zhou Cang met Guan Yu by chance; because he was in awe of Guan Yu's character, he decided to follow him.

Zhou Cang was also a rare fierce general in the original history; after Guan Yu was defeated, he was heartbroken and committed suicide by drawing his sword not long after.

Now following Guan Yu and surrendering to Liu Bian, he possessed the King Body, and his cultivation had already broken through to the first heaven of the Postnatal Realm.

"Zhou Cang, Third Brother and I are rushing to Fuping to help His Majesty."

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

"You were brought up by me personally; don't let me down. After returning to Luoyang, I will memorialize His Majesty to transfer you back."

Before leaving, Guan Yu admonished Zhou Cang, Zhao Erniu, and the others with a solemn expression.

"Please rest assured, General; this humble general will definitely guard Niyang City well and will absolutely not lose face for His Majesty and the General!"

After hearing Guan Yu's admonition, Zhou Cang guaranteed to him with a solemn expression.

"Good, worthy of being brought up by me personally!"

After praising Zhou Cang, Guan Yu turned his gaze to Zhao Erniu, who was standing on 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 back in time and surrender Niyang City with merit; this general also thinks highly of you!"

"Now, you have also cultivated the martial arts techniques that His Majesty had me pass on to you; in the future, you must cultivate hard and earnestly assist Zhou Cang in guarding Niyang City well!"

"Please rest assured, General; this humble general will definitely not fail His Majesty's and the General's entrustment!"

Zhao Erniu, seeing Guan Yu admonish him earnestly alone, was immediately excited and responded loudly.

Back then, because of military strength, after many cities were taken, they suffered from having no troops to guard them.

After Liu Bian, Guo Jia, and the others discussed it, they decided to pass on the first three layers of the "Heaven and Earth Creation Martial Canon" to these people guarding the city.

In this way, although the personnel guarding the city became fewer, the quality directly improved many times over.

According to the characteristics of the system's techniques, as long as their loyalty to Liu Bian reached sixty or above, they could cultivate.

And later, the deeper they cultivated, the higher their loyalty to Liu Bian would be.

So there was no need to worry about people with impure intentions mixing in. As long as everyone successfully cultivated the techniques, there would be no possibility of betrayal in the future.

This was the terrifying part of the system!

"Good, then that's it; there are quite a few things 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; this matter must absolutely not be taken lightly."

"You must watch it personally; this was personally admonished by His Majesty before I set off; you two must also attach importance to it!"

Guan Yu, after finishing the handover of Niyang City's defense work, also admonished the two about the distribution of the ten tons of corn seeds given by Liu Bian.

After all, these two were martial generals by origin and were all big rough men.

Asking them to lead the army to fight on the battlefield was okay, but asking them to handle government affairs suddenly was really a bit difficult for them.

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

Guan Yu only needed to send people to implement it.

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

Zhou Cang and Zhao Erniu, seeing Guan Yu admonish them with a grave expression.

The two immediately guaranteed to Guan Yu solemnly.

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

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

Therefore, they had the confidence to guarantee to Guan Yu so confidently.

"Niyang City is handed over to you two; this general is rushing to meet up with His Majesty!"

"Please rest assured, General; this humble general respectfully sends off the General!"

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