A few days later, on the side of the Yellow River, Liyang, a heavily guarded city, has become a huge military camp, the original 50,000 troops, plus the 100,000 vanguard army brought by Yan Liang, there have been 150,000 troops stationed inside and outside the city, the huge number is frightening, many of the people in the city have been temporarily evacuated to other places, everywhere echoes the shouts of officers.

I saw that in a side hall in the Liyang Taishou Mansion, Zhang He said to Gao Ran with apologies: "Jingzhi, this time it is for a certain reason that you have been wronged by General Yan Liang."

Zhang He offended Yan Liang, under the protection of Tian Feng, was demoted to Liyang, temporarily under Gao Lan, Yan Liang had sent letters to Gao Ran several times, asking him to clean up this Zhang He who did not respect him as the first general in the north, but Gao Ran and Zhang He were not only friends, but also always called themselves younger brothers, naturally they would not listen, so they were also hated by Yan Liang, this time with a large army to come, seeing that Gao Ran and Zhang He did not even get off the horse, he led the army into the city with a proud face, and then directly occupied the main hall, announced that after two days of rest, he immediately crossed the river to attack Baima.

"Brother Zhang He, what are you polite to me, if it weren't for your continuous support and teaching, you wouldn't have today's status, don't worry, some cold words, I didn't take it to heart at all" Gao Ran said with a smile.

"Thank you" Zhang He was a little worried after gratitude: "But I'm afraid that after this battle, General Yan Liang will come to find trouble."

"It seems that General Zhang still has doubts!" I saw Pang Tong walking in slowly, followed by a Cheng Erhu.

"Meet Zhizhong" Gao Ran and Zhang He immediately respected Shi Lidao, both of whom served Yuan Xi, so although they were higher than Pang Tong's official position on the surface, in Yuan Xi's power pyramid, Pang Tong was indeed much higher.

"General Zhang, although you have served Hou Ye, I know that you still think that Yuan Gong has 510,000 troops, so you will not be defeated, so let's do it! Tong will make a bet with you, once General Yan Liang crosses the Yellow River this time, he will definitely fail, and even come back himself, do you believe it or not? Pang Tong smiled and said, since Yuan Shao did not seize the perfect opportunity for Cao Cao to attack Liu Bei, Pang Tong had already decided that Yuan Shao would be defeated, so indecisive, how could a lord who did not care about the importance of a son win.

Zhang He was taken aback and reminded: "In governance, although Yan Liang is arrogant, his own martial arts are indeed extraordinary."

"Haha, in the extraordinary, you can surpass the Wen Hou of the year" Pang Tong smiled.

"It's not just that," I saw Xu Shu walking in slowly from the outside.

"Meet the General Staff" Gao Lan, Zhang He saluted again.

"The two generals don't have to be polite, just now I went to see the mighty army of 100,000, can train the soldiers so undisciplined, General Yan Liang is really capable, just one day later, I found out that the robbery of people's property, such soldiers, when they win, are indeed like tigers, unstoppable, because they are greedy for merit, but once they fail, they are like reptiles on the ground, and they will collapse in an instant, because their fear of military discipline has disappeared, and in addition to General Yan Liang's own arrogance, he cannot defeat Cao CaoXu Shu said disdainfully.

"What the two adults said is extremely true" Hearing this, a trace of excitement flashed in Gao Ran's eyes, and if this was the case, they also took a breath.

Although Zhang He still had doubts, he still respectfully hugged his fists and said: "Thank you two adults for solving your doubts, please rest assured, Master Hou has a life-saving grace for He, and He will definitely follow the order."

Pang Tong smiled, knowing that Zhang He still didn't hand over everything to Hou Ye like Gao Ran, but there was no need to worry about this, and said with a smile: "Okay, the two generals just follow the usual rules, just control their troops, don't offend Yan Liang at this time, let him consume part of Cao Cao's troops first"

"No!"

Xu Shu then spoke: "There is also a need to be ready to accept the defeated soldiers at any time, once Yan Liang fails, the defeated soldiers will inevitably flee back to Liyang, remember, we must not be integrated with our army of 50,000, a mouse feces will ruin a pot of soup, not to mention 50,000 people, they join now, not only can not increase the combat effectiveness, but will harm our army"

"No!"

At noon the next day, in the palace of Liyang Taishou, Yan Liang summoned the generals, and said loudly with the corners of his mouth slightly raised: "I just received the news that Cao Cao led an army of 70,000 and was preparing to cross the river from Yanjin and was preparing to attack the rear of our army.

Hearing this, a subordinate general immediately stood up and said disdainfully: "Cao Cao has few soldiers, so he can only come up with this strange strategy, in addition to the general's invincible power and reputation in the world, how dare he fight with the general head-on, so he can only try to rely on the city of the white horse, and temporarily hold on to it."

"General, we can't delay, we should go south immediately"

"Yes! Captured the white horse in one fell swoop, and then went straight to Xudu"

"The lord has hundreds of thousands of troops in hand, and Cao Cao's tens of thousands of people can't set off the storm at all."

Other generals also supported, with a strong sense of confidence on their faces, with their northern forces, eliminating Cao Cao is not just playing, this time they came out to make military achievements.

Seeing this scene, Zhang He frowned, and suddenly stood up, Gao Ran suddenly sighed, his eldest brother, still has a lot of feelings for Yuan Shao.

"General, then Cao Cao has never even feared Lu Bu, the number one god general in the world, how can he be so afraid of the vanguard army, the general must be cautious when attacking the white horse this time, in case he comes to a surprise attack," Zhang He said with concern.

"Presumptuous" Yan Liang suddenly became angry, and said with murderous intent in his eyes: "What do you mean to say that a certain person is not as good as that Lu Bu, he has such a great reputation, and he is completely incompetent as a general of the Central Plains, if he is here, he would have cut you a long time ago, how can he let him occupy the position of the number one god general in the world?"

Zhang He's eyes froze, and when he opened his mouth to say something, Gao Ran was already in front of him, clasped his fists and said with a smile: "The general is invincible, he must be invincible, and Ran doesn't believe that he Lu Bu is really so powerful, but it is a pity that my northern generals have never shown it in the Central Plains, so they have created that so-called prestige, Brother Zhang He is too cautious, and I hope the general will not blame him."

Yan Liang suddenly snorted coldly, after all, Gao Ran is Liyang Taishou, and there are 50,000 troops under his command, and the main thing is that he seems to have a good relationship with Tian Feng, and he is not good at saving face, looking at Zhang He, who is still unwilling, he opened his mouth and said loudly: "Zhang He, for the sake of Jingzhi's face, forget it this time, but Ben will let me see, for Ben Jiang is the first general in the north, you should stay in Liyang and wait for the good news of Ben General"

"The general is invincible and unstoppable," Gao Ran complimented again.

"The general is invincible," the other generals also shouted.

Seeing this scene, Yan Liang suddenly burst into laughter, Zhang He shook his head with a sigh, and shut up.

At night, Pang Tong and Xu Shu were in a house, looking carefully at a map, and soon after, Gao Ran walked in slowly.

"General Zhang, it's okay!" Pang Tong asked with concern.

"Zhizhong rest assured, although he was scolded, it also made Brother Zhang He a lot clearer" Gao Ran said.

Xu Shu smiled and admired it very much: "General Zhang is not only good at fighting, but more valuable is that he has a loyal heart, knowing that Yan Liang will not listen to him, he still said his thoughts, this courage and morality are commendable."

After Gao Ran nodded, he said curiously: "Two adults, what do you think, is Cao Cao really going to attack the rear of our army and approach Yecheng?" ”

"Haha, how could Cao Cao do such a stupid thing, once he enters, as long as Duke Yuan blocks Yanjin, Cao Cao's tens of thousands of troops will all be sealed in the north, he is attacking the east and the west, ready to fight a time difference, when General Yan Liang is negligent, quickly turn back from Yanjin to support the white horse" Pang Tong shook his head and smiled.

"But he doesn't have enough troops," Gao Ran wondered.

"This battle is a strange word, if General Yan Liang is prepared, it's fine, but once the preparation is insufficient, it will be dangerous, but Yuan Gong's problem is the biggest, he doesn't need to intercept it in person, he can send a little army, or even ignore it, lure Cao Cao to cross the river directly, whether it is Jizhou, or Hou Ye's Youzhou, it is not tens of thousands of people who can shake it" Xu Shu shook his head and said.

"Yuan Gong is afraid that Yecheng will lose, and he can't bear that ridiculous capital, this first battle, Yuan Gong will be defeated, it depends on how far he is defeated" Pang Tong patted the map lightly and said with certainty.

Early the next morning, outside Liyang City, Yan Liang rode on a big horse, waved a big knife in his hand, and shouted: "The whole army is leaving"

"No!"

A huge army of 100,000 immediately prepared to cross the Yellow River and attack the white horse on the opposite side.