Chapter 9: The Advance of the Great Army

Gao Cheng listened to the voice from above, and secretly thought to himself, as far as he knew, Dong Zhuo had a heavy army in Hedong County, which was guarded by the governor Niu Fu, and Wang Kuang, the Taishou of Hanoi, and the Taishou of Shangdang, had average publicity ability, and there was no hope for them to attack Mengxian, and even if they were lucky enough to enter Mengjin, they would have to face the Yellow River moat.

The Xuanyuan Pass on the South Road is narrow, not suitable for launching a large army, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The only places that can make the alliance of princes give full play to the advantages of sending more troops and more generals are Bishui and Tiger Prison.

At this time, Yuan Shao's eyes swept over everyone, and he said in a deep voice: "Two days later, the army marched west into Bishui, and Sun Wentai was brave and fierce, and he was the vanguard general! Gao Ziming has a strategic mind and is the deputy vanguard, and I hope that the two of them can break through Bishui and make the first contribution to the army!"

When many of the princes in the big tent heard this, they couldn't help but be stunned, and they couldn't help but set their eyes on Yuan Shao and Gao Cheng. Among the heroes, Sun Jian's ability to lead troops is recognized as the strongest. Whether it was the Yellow Turban Rebellion of that year or the subsequent campaign of the Han Dynasty to conquer Xiliang, he participated in it and made great contributions.

Not to mention that he was the queen of Changsha's Taishou, and repeatedly suppressed the rebellion and pacified one side. As long as the well-informed forces have heard of his reputation, they do not have the slightest doubt about his ability.

The second is Gongsun Zhan, the elite under his command has repeatedly defeated the Saibei barbarians, and his strength is also very strong, but most of his commands are cavalry, and he is currently attacking the Bishui Tiger Prison, and he can't use cavalry for the time being.

And what kind of person is Gao Cheng? Just a Lujiang Taishou who doesn't have much reputation, what qualifications does he have to serve as the deputy vanguard of the army? Tao Qian and Liu Bei knew Gao Cheng's ability, while the other princes thought about it for a while and realized that just now Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu didn't treat Gao Cheng very well.

Now that he suddenly appointed the other party as the vanguard, I am afraid that it is the idea of killing people with a knife, so that this Lujiang Taishou will crash headlong into the Bishui Xiongguan, Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses are very strong, and even if Gao Cheng does not die, most of the soldiers and horses under his command will be lost.

Han Fu, who was below Yuan Shu, thought of this situation and said with a smile: "Alliance leader, Gao Ziming came all the way from the Lujiang River, and the soldiers have not yet rested, and he only has 20,000 troops under him, I am afraid that it is not enough to threaten Bishui Pass, why don't you let Wentai set off first, and wait a few days, and then let Gao Ziming lead the soldiers and horses of his headquarters to support?"

Han Fu intended to relieve the pressure on Gao Cheng, he didn't dare to refute Yuan Shao's military orders head-on, so he wanted to help from the side, so that Gao Cheng had time to rest and recuperate, so that the soldiers would not be tired and go into battle.

Yuan Shao showed a faint smile on his face, and did not respond to Han Fu directly, but looked at Sun Jian's body and said: "Wentai has come all the way from Changsha, I don't know if I dare to take this pioneer position?"

Sun Jian didn't have so many eyes, he came to the Sour Jujube Alliance from Changsha, in order to completely start his fame and make the Sun family a famous family in the world. Yuan Shao asked him to act as a pioneer, which is exactly what he meant.

When he heard this, Huo Ran got up and said angrily: "The alliance leader has an order, how dare you disrespect it?" Please rest assured, I will teach Dong Zhuo to know the power of our army when I enter the water this time!"

"Okay! Wentai is brave and will not let me down. Ziming, I wonder if you would like to send troops with Wentai?"

Yuan Shao nodded with satisfaction, and then glanced at Gao Cheng, the meaning was obvious, Sun Jian's Changsha County was far away in the southernmost part of Jingzhou, and the distance was farther than Lujiang County, he could act as a vanguard, why couldn't Gao Cheng, the Lujiang Taishou, go out of battle?

"Yuan Shao really looks up to me!"

When Han Fu, Yuan Shao and Sun Jian were talking, Gao Cheng's expression did not move, and he was very aware of Yuan Shao's plan in his heart, if the timeline did not change much, it should be Hua Xiong, the general under Dong Zhuo, who guarded Bishui Pass. This person is strong and famous, but he doesn't take Hua Xiong in his eyes.

His current realm has reached the sixth level of innate strength, and his power is completely explosive, comparable to a peerless powerhouse who has refined the ninth level. This kind of strength can be compared with Lu Bu.

Except for Lu Bu, no matter who is under Dong Zhuo's command, there is only one result of defeat against Gao Cheng and Sun Jian.

At this time, Yuan Shu also understood the meaning of Yuan Shao's general order, and couldn't help sneering, squinting at Gao Cheng with a gloating look.

Gao Cheng ignored this guy, he stood up lightly, and said, "Take the order!"

He accepted the order very simply, and then nodded to Han Fu to show friendship. Seeing this, Han Fu sighed slightly, Gao Cheng is also a person from Jizhou, if he is folded in the battle formation like this, it is inevitable that there is something okay. Thinking of this, he turned his head and saw Gao Ran beside him, and his heart suddenly moved.

After discussing the strategy of marching in the big tent, many princes said goodbye one after another, among which the princes who acted as suspicious soldiers on the north and south roads began to mobilize their troops and horses and leave the sour dates respectively.

In the barracks, Gao Cheng took Chen Zhi and Zhou Tai back, and Xi Zhicai and Chen Jiao greeted them, and at this time they already knew the strategy of the many princes to discuss the army.

"I didn't expect Yuan Shao to be so hostile to us! I don't understand, we are far away in Lujiang, and we have nothing to do with the Yuan clan in Runan, why would he target the envoy so much?"

The five people sat down separately, and Chen Jiao asked with confusion on his face.

Xi Zhicai pinched a piece of white jade in his hand and said with a smile: "Don't care about the reason for this, this Yuan League Master's targeting has given us a chance." Sun Wentai is brave and fierce, the soldiers and horses are elite, with him in front, we don't have so much pressure at all, and Shu Zhi and Youping are extraordinary generals, if they don't rush out, our army will definitely not have any accidents!"

"And make Jun, as the deputy vanguard, instantly improve the status of the princes' alliance, and then as long as we make some more contributions, our purpose of coming to sour jujube will be achieved!"

Chen Jiao thought about it, as a member of the army, he knew very well the strength of the 20,000 Lujiang troops who went north this time, and he looked around just now, and most of the soldiers and horses under the command of the other princes were strong men who were forcibly recruited, and they were all rabble. With 20,000 of them, they can defeat the army of 200,000 princes head-on.

Such strength ranks in the forefront of the army of princes. Coupled with the elite of Sun Jian's southern and northern wars for many years, the two soldiers and horses acted as the vanguard together, why be afraid of Dong Zhuo's Xiliang soldiers?

At this time, Zhou Cang reported outside the big tent: "Lord, a general under the command of Jizhou Mu is asking to see him outside!"

Gao Cheng's heart moved, he hurriedly got up, and personally walked out of the camp to greet him, just as he thought in his heart, the person who came was Gao Lan, the general under Han Fu.

"Ziming has seen his brother!" Gao Cheng bowed, according to the seniority of the Bohai Gao clan, Gao Ran belonged to his clan brother. However, the relationship between the two has been out of five suits, and the real relationship is not so close.

Gao Cheng showed such enthusiasm, purely because the other party's strength was not weak, and he could feel that Gao Ran had a strong masculine aura hidden in his body, which was faintly half a chip higher than Chen Zhi. The strength should be at the peak of the Refining Gang Sixfold Xuan Soldier Realm. has not yet broken through to the seventh layer of the Void Phase Realm, not as good as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei a few years ago.