Along the way, the Jingzhou army crossed Biyang City, passed through Bishui, entered the Huaishui Basin, and then went south along the river.

Since Jiangxia Wenpin had already mobilized the main force in Suixian, he was always guarding the Guan Yu Army on the front line of Xiangfan, in case the Jingzhou army suddenly entered Jiangxia.

Therefore, marching on the border between Jiangxia and Runan, the thousands of troops in Guanping are like fish in water, unimpeded!

It wasn't until the soldiers came to Anyang that they ran into trouble.

Anyang is just a small county town in the west of Runan by Huaishui.

The Jingzhou army is resting in the city.

In the county capital.

"Tell the Major General, according to our inquiry, in Xinxi City in front of our army, a group of more than thousands of Cao soldiers and soldiers are stationed."

At this time, the scouts who were scattered around to investigate also slowly returned, telling the military situation.

Hearing this, Guan Ping asked: "Cao Jun garrison, two days ago, you waited for the report, didn't you say that there was no abnormal situation ahead, why is there an army now?" ”

"Who is the chief general of the Cao army stationed in Xinxi City?"

After the words fell, the scout thought for a while and said: "Major General Qiyu, due to the heavy garrison of the Cao army in Xinxi City, we can't get close, so we can only quietly investigate from a distance, and we don't know who the enemy's main general is. ”

"However, on the head of Xinxi City, there is a flag hanging with a close-up of Zhang characters."

"Zhang? The general of the eastern garrison of the Cao Army, can he have the surname Zhang? ”

For a while, Guan Ping's face moved when he heard this, and he couldn't help muttering softly.

"General surnamed Zhang, who is it?"

However, after a while, Deng Ai said from the side: "Major General, Jianghuai Defense Line, Hefei will be Zhang Liao." ”

"Zhang Liao, Zhang Wenyuan?"

Hearing this, Guan Ping was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly frightened.

At this moment, he couldn't help but think of the original history, Zhang Liao was ordered to lead the people of Hefei to the west to aid the unfavorable Xiangfan war situation.

"Could it be that Zhang Liao led the crowd to the west to aid Xiangfan and fight against his father?"

This was said by Guan Ping to Deng Ai, and asked slowly.

Hearing this, Deng Ai said slowly: "Young General, according to this, it should be, otherwise it can't explain why Zhang Liao didn't garrison Hefei, but led the crowd to Runan." ”

"Runan passes along the Huaishui, which is the territory of Jiangxia, and you can reach the front line of Xiangfan by going straight through."

"It seems that it should be the Xiangfan battle situation, Cao's army is becoming more and more unfavorable, and the traitor Cao Cao will do whatever it takes to suppress the prince and lead the crowd to support."

Speaking of this, Deng Ai's face became more and more joyful, and he muttered.

After all, the frenzier Cao's support is, the more it can show the advantage of the Jingzhou army in the Xiangfan-Vietnam war.

It's just that Deng Ai is happy, but Guan Ping is becoming more and more worried!

"Is Cao Sun already in the alliance?"

At this time, Guan Ping thought and groaned secretly.

After a pause, he thought again: "If the two sides don't reach an agreement, Cao Cao will definitely not rest assured that he will send troops from Hefei to aid Xiangfan." ”

"Now that Zhang Liao has led the crowd here, it means that Sun Quan has made up his mind to attack Jingzhou."

"In this case, time is running out, can our army be one step ahead of the Jiangdong Army and return to defense in advance?"

At this moment, Guan Ping already felt that time was pressing.

At present, it is already September 28, and he knows that it is not far from the day when Cao Sun will jointly attack in October in the original history!

"Shizai, gather the generals, gather the army, and march to Xinxi City, I want to quickly solve Zhang Liao and return to Jiangling."

Hearing this, Deng Ai was stunned, seeing Guan Ping's eager look, he couldn't help but be puzzled, and arched his hand: "Now the front-line battle situation, the battle situation of the prince and the marquis has full advantages. ”

"The young general is so anxious at the moment, could it be that the Sun clan has already carried out a sneak attack?"

Since he offered advice and formulated the plan that day, Guan Ping explained to him the general factors of the Jiangdong Society's betrayal of the alliance, so Deng Ai also reacted quickly at this moment.

"Hmm!"

"Maybe the Sun clan is ready to go out at any time, and our army must hurry up and rush back."

With a soft hum, Guan Ping muttered.

After a while, the generals gathered and began to discuss.

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the scouts, now Zhang Liao, the defender of Hefei, has led a crowd to be stationed in Xinxi City, with the intention of going west to aid Xiangfan."

As soon as these words came out, all the people in the palace were suddenly excited, and they all shouted to fight, defeating Cao Jun's words in one fell swoop.

Obviously, in the past few days, the Jingzhou army has won successive battles, which has made the generals and soldiers generally arrogant, but they look down on the combat power of the Cao army.

Seeing this, Guan Ping frowned, knowing that his side was too domineering, which was not a good thing.

After all, arrogant soldiers are bound to lose, and there is a good saying that strategically despise the enemy, tactically we must attach importance to the enemy's army, and at no time should we take the enemy lightly and underestimate them.

What's more, Cao Jun's combat power is not weak!

"Everyone, stop and defeat the Cao army, I'm afraid it will be extremely difficult."

After a pause, Guan Ping said slowly: "The main general of the Cao army is Zhang Liao, Lu Bu was defeated, after he defected to Cao Thief, he made great achievements with his own bravery, and garrisoned Hefei to prevent Eastern Wu because of his merits. ”

"A few years ago, he broke 100,000 Jiangdong soldiers and horses in Xiaoyaojin with a mere 800 people, and this person's ability is obvious to all and cannot be underestimated!"

"Besides, according to intelligence, the enemy army is also thousands, including about a thousand knights, and the combat power is not weak in the slightest.

For a while, seeing the domineering spirit in the hearts of the generals, Guan Ping couldn't help but look solemn and said slowly.

Hearing this, Zhao Zhong, the governor of the thousand people, arched his hand and said: "Young General, it is precisely because of the strength of Zhang Liao's department that our army should stop them." ”

"Otherwise, once they arrive at the front line of Xiangfan and join the main force of the Cao army, the pressure on the prince will be doubled!"

When the words fell, the rest of the generals gave up their hands one after another to express their approval.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now, time is pressing, our army should preserve its strength to the greatest extent possible, quickly return to the rear, and defend against the Sun clan's back-alliance raid in the east."

"Therefore, our army must not engage in war with Zhang Liaobu and hold on here."

"Therefore, Ai and the major general reached a consensus and went to reconcile with Zhang Liao, and without a single soldier, they passed through the border of Runan and went south from Huaishui."

"Reconciliation?"

Hearing Deng Ai's words, all the generals couldn't help but show doubts on their faces, Sun Wolf couldn't help but ask, "However, since our army met Zhang Liao's department, how could he easily let us leave and ignore it?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone nodded their heads and nodded, which was indeed their doubt.

Hearing this, Guan Ping looked indifferent and chuckled: "If it is according to common sense, then Zhang Liao will definitely not let our army cross, but don't forget, our army has bargaining chips." ”

"As long as he is here, our army will be able to cross the border safe and sound."

For a while, all the generals saw that Guan Ping and Deng Ai were indifferent and full of confidence, and they couldn't help but speculate secretly.

In the middle of the sound, Sun Wolf blurted out the crowd and exclaimed: "What the young general said, is it Xiahou Nan?" ”