Gao Ran was later known as the Four Courtyard Pillars of Hebei with Zhang He and Yan Liangwenchou, and his strength was not trivial. It's just that his talent is still not as good as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the two top gods.

"Brother is really polite!" Seeing Gao Cheng treat him so politely, Gao Ran suddenly smiled. Then the two entered the barracks together, and at this time, the soldiers of the Lujiang Army were carrying out some simple training under the command of Lu Dai.

When Gao Ran saw this scene, he couldn't help but slow down, and his eyes looked at the body of the Lujiang soldiers, he was a famous general in Jizhou, and his ability to command troops was very good, how could he not see the strength of these soldiers? The more carefully he looked at it, the more shocked Gao Ran's heart became. He didn't expect that the 20,000 soldiers in Lujiang turned out to be an elite soldier.

After entering the camp, Gao Cheng introduced the identities of Xi Zhicai, Chen Jiao, as well as Chen Zhi and Zhou Tai. As soon as Gao Ran sat down, he couldn't help but say: "I didn't expect Ziming to be so good at training, it's really unbelievable, and now I finally understand that a few years ago, Ziming won more with less, and his record of breaking through the mountains is really not exaggerated!"

Gao Cheng smiled faintly, without praising his subordinates too much, he raised the wine bottle and toasted the other party, listening to Gao Ran talk about the current situation of the Bohai Gao clan.

From the other party's tone, Gao Cheng heard that the Bohai Gao clan had plans to let him, a side branch, rejoin the genealogy of the Gao family. It seems that the current chaotic world has made the elders of the Bohai Gao clan a little flustered, and when they heard that Gao Cheng had become the Taishou of Lujiang, these people subconsciously wanted to win over.

"Let's talk about this later!"

Gao Cheng didn't want to talk about these at this time, the Bohai Gao clan was far away in Jizhou, and his current foundation was in Lujiang County, Yangzhou, even if he became the descendant of the Gao clan again, he would not be able to rely on the power of the Gao clan. but also subject to some clamping by the other party.

There are not many benefits of this kind, and Gao Cheng will naturally not do a lot of disadvantages. He immediately changed the topic and asked, "I don't know what happened when my brother came to my camp?"

Gao Ran sighed slightly, understood Gao Cheng's thoughts in his heart, and put aside those troublesome things, and said: "Han Gong asked me to tell you some news about Bishui Pass, and before breaking through Bishui Pass, let me stay in your army for the time being and help you!"

Gao Cheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Han Gong to love me so much! I will definitely go to thank me in person tonight! With my brother's help, the Bishui Pass will definitely be broken!"

Xi Zhicai also praised and said with a smile: "I have heard that Han Gongya is generous, and he is broad-minded in the Nine Classics, and what I have seen and heard today is really worthy of my reputation." ”

Xi Zhi can feel Gao Ran's strength and is very welcome to him. The only pity is that Gao Ran can only go out in Jizhou for the sake of his family, and there is no way to dig him to Lujiang.

That night, Gao Cheng asked people to prepare generous gifts and personally came to Han Fu's camp to express his gratitude and give the other party enough face. The two sides have had contacts and relations are rapidly approaching. This news was known to the other princes, and they subconsciously counted Gao Cheng under Han Fu's power.

At this time, the people near the sour jujube were in exile, and the grain and grass were scarce, and they all relied on Jizhou to supply grain and grass, since Gao Cheng and Han Fu stood together, it was inconvenient for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to continue to make small moves. So as not to hurt the face of both sides!

Two days later.

Xiao Xiao, Gao Cheng's 20,000 soldiers and horses, and Sun Jian's 80,000 elite troops joined forces to go to Bishui Pass together. As early as when he was in Changshe, Gao Cheng had seen the strength of Sun Jian and the four generals under him, and had some understanding of them.

Sun Jian is a brave man, with a tough personality, and he is also extremely resilient. The best at hard steel with the enemy, after the Yellow Turban War, he went to Liangzhou to fight with the Qiang people for several years, and his strength grew rapidly in the tempering of life and death, and now the momentum on his body is not bad compared with Gao Ran.

The four generals under him, Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Zu Mao, fought dozens of battles on the battlefield, and their strength was not comparable to that year.

In addition to the four fierce generals under Sun Jian, there is also one more Zhu Zhi who can be civil and martial. This person assisted Sun Jian in commanding the army, and his spiritual strength reached an extraordinary level.

"The guards of Bishui Pass are the generals Hu Zhen under Dong Zhuo, as well as the generals Hua Xiong and Li Su, Rong said that the strength of the three is not weak!"

Sun Jian and Gao Cheng gathered their men on horseback and marched forward, among which Zhu Zhi talked about the information of Bishui Pass. Two days ago, both sides knew about the situation.

When Zhu Zhi said it now, he only vaguely reminded everyone that he must not be careless in attacking Bishui Pass this time.

Xi Zhicai said: "Yes, after Dong Zhuo occupied Luoyang, the accumulation of hundreds of years of the Han royal family fell into his hands, and the many exercises learned by Taixue and the original Hongdumen have increased the strength of the Liangzhou army several times. These great generals and soldiers, who have cultivated these exercises, cannot be underestimated!"

Zhu Zhi and Xi Zhi are the military advisors of the two sides, and they are both people with calm personalities, and when they said this, Cheng Pu Huang Gai, Gao Ran Chen and these people also nodded their heads to show their understanding.

Sun Jian and Gao Cheng rode side by side in the front, because Gao Lan, Chen Zhi, and Zhou Tai were extraordinary, and they were all extraordinary and strong, so Sun Jian did not underestimate Gao Cheng in the slightest, and did not regard him as his subordinate, but treated each other as equals.

Sun Jian didn't expect that Gao Cheng's hidden strength was far beyond his imagination.

The army marched west for a long time, crossed the water, and a majestic pass appeared in front of everyone. Gao Cheng and Sun Jian looked at it with great eyes, and saw that the Bishui Pass was dozens of zhang high, as if a mountain was located on the earth.

Such a majestic level is very rare in the entire Han Dynasty. It is extremely difficult for Sun Jian and Gao Cheng to break through such a majestic level with 100,000 elites.

Xi Zhicai and Zhu Zhi also saw the whole picture of Bishui Pass, and they couldn't help frowning.

A total of 100,000 troops on both sides moved forward slowly, and just arrived outside the Bishui Pass, before they had time to set up camp, they saw the extremely heavy checkpoint slowly open, and with a bang, five thousand armored cavalry surged out.

These five thousand cavalry were murderous and majestic, and the powerful evil qi faintly formed into clouds, showing the different phase of the winged tiger in the void, and this abnormal phase could only be discovered by soul refining masters whose spiritual power had reached an extraordinary level. This is the appearance of cultivating the soldier's battle array to the level of Xiaocheng.

A general at the head of the group wore black armor and held a long knife, and marched forward on horseback, his momentum was connected with the army behind him, and his every move seemed to contain infinite power.

"Kanto rat generation, who dares to fight with me Huaxiong?"

Hu Zhen and Hua Xiong did not rely on the Xiongguan to defend it, but relied on the elite of the soldiers under their command, and wanted to go out of the customs first to thwart the sharpness of the Kanto heroes, so that the defense behind could be much easier.

Since it is to undermine the morale of the other side, then the most convenient way is to fight the generals in front of the battle! As long as you kill the enemy's generals in front of the two armies, your own morale will be high, and you will be able to increase your strength by three points.

"The other party wants to fight us?"

Gao Cheng and Sun Jian glanced at each other, and the scene of fighting generals in front of the battle was prevalent in the Spring and Autumn Period in ancient times, but in the Warring States Period when the princes competed for hegemony, this duel method containing ancient aristocratic etiquette gradually disappeared.

However, in the Central Plains, the method of fighting generals that was about to disappear spread to Liangzhou and Saiwai in the Western Regions, but it was valued by those Qiang people and Huns. These foreigners value warriors the most. Hua Xiong and Hu Zhen followed Dong Zhuo to fight with the Qiang people in Liangzhou, and gradually got into the habit of fighting generals before the battle.