was directly targeted by Zhang Xiu, but the soldier dressed by Liu Beijun looked left and right for a while, and finally replied to Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei with two warlike hands: "General Zhendong, the villain is General Zuo's personal guard, but there is an urgent military report, and he is eager to report it for a while, but he is afraid of disturbing the two generals to talk about military affairs." ”

The Liu Zhang Alliance is already a sure thing, what else is there that can't be shared? It must be a secret report that Liu Beijun planted outside.

The color on Liu Bei's face did not change at all: "Since there is an urgent military report, how can there be a delay since it is said quickly." ”

In the face of his own lord's personal orders, the herald soldier beside Liu Bei did not immediately open his mouth to report the military report, but with a hesitant look, a pair of cautious eyes turned between Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu, with an expression of wanting to speak and stopping.

Seeing that his own soldiers were so illiterate, Liu Bei was faintly angry.

"General Zhendong is brave and loyal, and he and my comrades will punish the traitors, if you have any military intelligence report, just read it to your face!"

Seeing Liu Bei's affirmation, this personal soldier didn't dare to ink anymore, and said: "Lord Qiqi and General Zhang, Cao Thief, Baima and Yanjin defeated Yuan generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou in succession, and beheaded more than 10,000 prisoners. Although Yuan's army has now crossed the Yellow River, Cao's army has piled up sand as a camp at Guandu Pass, and the two armies are now in a confrontation. ”

Yuan Jun was defeated in the first battle? And it was defeated under the leadership of Wen Chou and Yan Liang?

This news was a bit shocking to Liu Bei himself. But for Zhang Xiu, it didn't have much impact. After all, in later generations, Cao Cao also beheaded Wen Chou and Yan Liang, but now he has only defeated these two people. But Zhang Xiu still made the same surprise as Liu Bei for the first time.

"The scale of the soldiers and horses of the Yuan army and the Cao army, can there be a detailed exploration?" In the end, it was Liu Xuande, who hid his emotions in a blink of an eye.

"Back to the lord, according to our army's reconnaissance report, although Yuan's army claims to be one million, the actual number of soldiers and horses should be between 600,000 and 800,000. Among them, the ratio of the main soldiers, miscellaneous soldiers, and soldiers and civilians should be around 622. And Cao Jun claims to be 200,000, but the actual number is never less than 200,000. However, the ratio of its main soldiers to miscellaneous soldiers and accompanying soldiers should be around 721. Most of Cao's soldiers were used to escort grain and grass in the rear. ”

After hearing the news, Zhang Xiu's heart couldn't be lightened. At present, although Cao Cao has defeated Hebei Shuangsha in a row, it is not a real victory. After all, just with Cao Cao's scheming strategy, he can already defeat Wen Chouyan and Liang in military battles, not to mention that Xun You, Xun Gongda, who is good at military strategy, and Guo Jia, a ghost talent, are planning by the side, and it would be strange if Wen Yan Er could win!

The dispute between Yuan and Cao, the best is still to come. After all, Yuan Shao's basket of ministers are not vegetarians, and they still have absolute strength, but Cao Cao in the current situation is really worrying Zhang Xiu.

Compared with the battle of Guandu in later generations, Cao Cao's subordinates today do not have Zhang Liao or Guan Yu to help, and the soldiers and horses are even more pitiful, only more than 100,000, which is too different from the scale of soldiers and horses in history. In contrast, Yuan Jun's lineup has not changed much, and even Wen Chouyan and Yan Liang, the two world-class generals, are still alive, and Cao Cao's battle is really not easy to fight!

After a long glance at each other, Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu seemed to have a mutual heart, and they did not immediately discuss or discuss the battle situation between Yuan Cao, but chose to skip this topic for the time being.

Waving his hand to rebuke the pro-soldier, Liu Bei pretended to be silent, but continued to ask Zhang Xiu with a smile as if he hadn't heard any news: "General Zhang just mentioned the personal general of Bei, where did he go?" ”

Zhang Xiu looked suddenly awake: "Uncle Lao Huang reminded, by the way, where did Xiu just go?" ”

didn't wait for Liu Bei to speak, but Zhang Xiu patted his head, pointed to a young man in civilian clothes behind Liu Bei and said to Liu Bei: "I remember, I was just about to say, Uncle Huang, can this general behind you be introduced to Xiu, but Xiu has never seen anyone who can be majestic and heroic!" ”

When outsiders mention Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, the first thing that comes to mind must be Liu Bei's two Jinlan brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who are inseparable from each other. If you ask Liu Bei why he is often displaced and wars in troubled times, but he has always been safe, it will be mostly attributed to Guan Er and Zhang San, who are extremely powerful. However, only the people around Liu Bei, and even some "old people" or close people who have been with Liu Bei for a long time, know that the reason why Liu Bei has been in the north in the chaos of war and famine is at least half due to the fact that he has a loyal, brave and intelligent personal army commander - Chen Zhi, a native of Runan.

When it comes to Chen Dao, we have to mention the past of Liu Bei saving Xuzhou. In fact, Chen Zhi was recommended to Liu Bei by Tao Qian after Liu Bei rescued Xuzhou!

Yes, in fact, the political assets that Tao Qian gave to Liu Bei were not only the territory of Xuzhou and the hearts of the people of Qingxu, but Chen Zhi may be Tao Qian's biggest gift to Liu Bei!

Looking at Liu Bei's past and later, it is not difficult to understand the significance of Chen Zhi to Liu Bei. Uncle Liu Huang, who was born at the grassroots, has had an embarrassment since the Zhuojun uprising, that is, there are not many talents under his hands. Guan Er and Zhang San are Liu Bei's hardcore team, and both of them also have the posture of generals, but because of the limitations of their background and experience, at the beginning, these two only had the posture of generals but did not have the appearance of generals. There are examples of Lu Bu's attack on Xuzhou and other events. For these two people, the sooner they are released, the better, so that these two people can become Liu Bei's real right-hand man.

But there are also huge risks associated with letting these two out. The life of every lord in the troubled times is remembered by many people, and it is absolutely impossible to protect the life of the lord without a powerful general and a loyal soldier. Princes like Lu Bu Gongsun Zhan, who are themselves famous for their martial arts, are okay, and they don't have to worry too much about their own safety. But if the force like Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Liu Biao is a little worse, they have to pay attention to the safety of their lives.

Although Liu Bei also said that he also had some force value, he was not on the same line as the princes of the Five Scumbags series like Kong Rong, Liu Biao, and Liu Zhang, but his force value was definitely not comparable to Cao Cao. And how did Cao Cao arrange his guard work? Not to mention the formation of the Wuwei Battalion from the army, he also set up his own children, the Tiger Guard Battalion, as a double insurance. It is not enough for the pro-general to have an ancient evil to Dian Wei, plus a tiger idiot Xu Chu to sleep with incense.

There is an allusion in the romance that also specifically says how much Cao Cao attaches importance to his own safety, and the name of that allusion is called Cao Cao's murder in a dream, regardless of the truth or falsehood of this matter for the time being, this at least reflects the importance of guard work. In fact, what Cao Cao did was not superfluous at all, relying on the desperate and loyal guards of his own soldiers, Cao Cao retreated in defeat several times. Relying on the sacrifice of his own general Dian Wei, Cao Cao was able to save his life from Zhang Xiu's men.

There is also Yuan Shao, who also has a pawn who dies at a critical time - the Gray Frost Battalion. Occasionally, in case of special circumstances, Hebei Shuangsha will also make a temporary cameo appearance as a pro-general. When Yuan Shao entered Jizhou, it was in Wenchou and Yan Liang that they killed Geng Wu and Guan Chun, who were assassinated.

Liu Bei's background is naturally not as deep as that of Yuan Cao and the others, but the dangers he faces are by no means less than those of Yuan Cao and the others. Guan Er and Zhang San can't be by their side all the time, in this case, the significance of being a good general for Liu Bei is quite huge.

Fortunately, Chen Zhi is an excellent material for being a general. Therefore, during the period when Liu Bei gritted his teeth for Yuan Shu, Cao Cao and others, he started Xuzhou safely. After being defeated by Lu Bu several times and Guan and Zhang were temporarily separated, Liu Bei was able to escape from the tiger's mouth under the halberd drawn by the flying general Lu Fengxian every time.

There is no doubt that Chen Zhi's hard work is high, but he is not well-known. Indeed, a general who is truly in danger of the lord's security does not need anyone other than the lord to know about his existence.

The result of Chen Zhi's own low-key and Liu Bei's deliberate refrigeration is that he wrote the complete version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but there was no single word about Chen to Chen Shuzhi. But this does not mean that Chen Zhiqi does not exist. In fact, about the real general next to Liu Bei, Luo Guanzhong made a lot of obscure descriptions. The more famous one is about Liu Bei and Cao Cao cooking wine and talking about heroes, and it is said in the romance that it was not until Liu Bei and Cao Cao finished talking about Guan Zhang that the two "went out" and returned, so the question came? Guan Zhang and the others were not on Liu Bei's side, who was in charge of Liu Bei's daily guards at that time?

There is also the period when Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao and fled to Hebei to live under Yuan Shao's account. Guan Yu was in Cao Ying at that time, while Zhang Fei fled to Runan to cause chaos. So how did Liu Bei escape from Xuzhou to Hebei on the way through Qingzhou or Yanzhou? Why did he dare to propose to Yuan Shao in the absence of Guan Zhang to go to Runan to guide Liu Pi and Gong Du to attack the rear of Cao's army?

Fortunately, Chen Shou, who witnessed the rise and fall of the Three Kingdoms and served as an official in Shu, finally recorded Chen Dao, so as not to make this character even need to be controversial about his existence!

Liu Bei's refrigeration of Chen Zhi was so good that even Cao Cao didn't hear of Chen Dao's name until now, but Zhang Xiu blurted out Chen Dao's name, but Zhang Xiu was very careless.

There is no doubt that Zhang Xiu is going to pay the price for his loss this time.

If you want to compare, Zhang Xiu's mention of Chen Zhi's name caused suspicion and suspicion is just like Liu Bei saying to Zhang Xiu at this moment: "Your two sons and daughters are studying at the Pang De Gong in Jingzhou".

Zhang Xiu really made a mistake this time.

Angrily scolding himself for being stupid in his heart, Zhang Xiu heard Liu Bei's reply: "This is Changshan Zhendingren, whose name is Zhao Yun Zhao Zilong!" ”