At noon, more than 150 miles away from the Tiger Prison, in the territory of Juan County, a group of men and horses rested and dined under the already lush mulberry forest, with about 25,000 people, including 700 cavalry. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

In addition to the flags of "Cao", "Bao", "Wei", "Yang" and "Xiahou", the cars parked by the road were also loaded with various obstacles such as deer, horse, thistle, iron thistle, and wooden stakes, plus those cars, which were specially used to deal with the cavalry.

Most of the soldiers were eating, but there were still hundreds of guards guarding the area at the front of the group. It was an old mulberry tree, under the old mulberry tree, a person sitting in the middle, not tall, with a rough outline, thick eyebrows and fine eyes, white face and long beard, and bright eyes, it was Cao Cao, who was now appointed by Yuan Shao as the general of Fenwu.

On the right side of Cao Cao is Bao Xin, the bearded Jibei Prime Minister, in addition, there are Bao Xin's brother Bao Tao, Sima Weizi under Zhang Miao, Yang Yuan, the commander of Zhongmu County, and Ren Jun, the chief secretary of Yang Yuan.

At this time, the five horsemen from the west galloped over, and it was the scout who was exploring the way: "Report, there is no abnormality in the thirty miles ahead." ”

Cao Cao shouted: "Change your ride, explore another fifty miles!" ”

"Whoa!" The five horses dismounted, and five galloped westward.

Wei Zi praised: "Meng De really uses soldiers in a good way, and uses hundreds of horsemen to explore the road alternately, which can ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”

Cao Cao said in a deep voice: "Although we have the heart to win, but we can't underestimate the enemy, Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Iron Cavalry can not be underestimated, we must be careful to take precautions, once we encounter the cavalry, the generals must quickly line up, as long as the cavalry is blocked by the chariot formation, the deer, and the horse to block the cavalry attack, control its edge, and force it to fight on foot, so that we will be able to win." ”

After that, he picked up a bowl of water, held it high to a few people, and said: "The 100,000 army of sour jujube has been slow to move, Meng Zhuo, Meng Gao, Gongshan, and Boye have greatly disappointed me. ”

Among these people, although Bao Xin's official position is higher than Cao Cao's, he has always supported Cao Cao, believing that Cao Cao will be the one who will lead the world to set things right. And his brother Bao Tao is naturally only obedient to his brother's orders.

Wei Zi is Chen Liuren, now under Zhang Miao, but he has a very good relationship with Cao Cao, Cao Cao's current 5,000 soldiers are funded and recruited by him, and Cao Cao's troops can be said to have contributed the most, this time Cao Cao went west, Wei Zi asked Zhang Miao again, Zhang Miao transferred 3,000 soldiers under his command, followed Cao Cao.

After Dong Zhuo took power, Cao Cao fled from Luoyang, and was recognized when he passed by Zhongmu, detained in the county, and was recognized by Ren Jun, thinking that the world was in chaos and it was not appropriate to detain heroes, so he suggested that Yang Yuan release Cao Cao. Subsequently, Ren Jun persuaded Yang Yuan to take the post of leading Hewu Yin and led Zhongmu, Juan County, Yuanwu, and Yangwu counties to resist Dong Zhuo, which was earlier than the Kwantung princes raised troops.

This time, Cao Cao sent troops from Suojube, and when he passed through Zhongmu, Ren Jun suggested that Yang Yuan lead more than 3,000 county soldiers and civilians to follow Cao Cao, and Ren Jun himself gathered more than 500 clans, guests, and domestic servants, and the combat effectiveness of these more than 3,500 people was not necessarily strong, but their joining, coupled with Cao Cao's encouragement of shouting "The hearts of the people are in me, this battle will be won", made the morale of more than 20,000 troops rise sharply.

Hearing what Cao Cao said, Bao Xin said in a loud voice: "Dong Zhuo is rebellious, harming the Son of Heaven and poisoning the people. There are no more than 10,000 guards at the Revolving Gate, but now we have 25,000 soldiers and horses, as long as we advance all the way, we will be able to win and attack Luoyang! Defeat Dong Zhuo, welcome the Son of Heaven, rejuvenate the Han Dynasty, and settle the world, this immortal achievement! ”

Seeing that everyone was full of confidence, Cao Cao looked around at the more than 20,000 soldiers, and couldn't help laughing, quite full of ambition, but he was obviously a little more rational than Bao Xin, and he did not have the idea of breaking through Luoyang in one fell swoop, but said confidently: "Although the revolving gate pass is dangerous, there are Aocang and Xingyang in the east of it, and they are separated by water. ”

Cao Cao said while drawing out the terrain of the revolving gate pass, Bishui, Aocang, Xingyang, Bianshui, and Guangwu Mountain with tree branches on the ground, and said angrily: "As long as we capture Aocang in one fell swoop, and then Zi Xu leads 3,000 soldiers to defend Aocang, make a westward trend, and threaten the tiger prison, Xu Rong will not dare to go out of the whole army, Yuncheng and I will go down to Xingyang again, and Xu Rong will be completely locked up in Chenggao, and we can connect to Yingchuan Kong Gongxu, plug the revolving door, Yuyuan, Taigu, and control its risk, and then make Han Gongjie's army Hanoi, Yuan Highway from Luyang Jundan, analysis, into Wuguan, to shock Sanfu, are high and deep walls, do not fight, benefit for doubtful soldiers, show the situation of the world, to obey and disobey, the world can be established. ”

"Meng Deguo is insightful!" Seeing that Cao Cao's plan was steady and responsible, everyone couldn't help but praise in unison, and their confidence was even stronger.

Yang Yuan said: "General Cao, there are still eighty miles away from Xingyang City, I will travel another thirty miles today, camp in Juan County tonight, and arrive in Bianshui tomorrow afternoon to fight with Xu Rong." ”

"Not really." Cao Cao shook his head and said categorically: "The soldiers are fast, we have been waiting for five days since the sour jujube went west, and we can't make any further delays, march overnight tonight, until ten miles east of Bianshui, and then camp and rest for two hours, and launch an attack tomorrow when the day is normal!" ”

Wei Zi hesitated: "Meng De, the soldiers are already tired from marching in a hurry for days, and if they march at night, they are afraid of being attacked by Xu Rong." ”

Cao Cao couldn't help laughing and said: "Xu Rong Zhen guards the revolving gate pass, facing more than 100,000 troops in sour dates, and there is Kong Gongxu in the south of Xingyang who can attack the flank at any time, so I expect Xu Rong to dare not stay away from the revolving gate pass, I wait to march in the territory of Juan County, and then divide the 25,000 army into left, middle and right three roads, and respond to each other, seven hundred cavalry in front of the tour, how dare he come." If he comes over and is attacking my middle road, then the middle road will be opposed with a chariot formation and a rejection of horses, the left flank will respond, and the right road will go straight to the west to attack the revolving gate, so that it will be difficult to care about the end and the army's will be uncertain, and we will definitely win! ”

When the generals on the side heard this, their confidence was even more full.

When the night was ugly, Cao Bao's army marched to the east of Bianshui, at the junction of Juan County and Xingyang County, and quietly camped and rested in the area of Guangwu Mountain.

When he set up camp, Cao Cao sent people to the Guangwu Mountain on the right and the mountains and forests on the left to investigate, and everything was fine.

It's just that they didn't know that on the east bank of Bianshui, at the junction of Juan County and Xingyang, in the mountains and forests fifteen miles south of the camp, thousands of soldiers and war horses were resting.

These soldiers were all lying on their pillows and armor, and their bodies were neatly equipped, and they were Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses.

At dawn, Zhang Liao got up early, and Zhang He, Gao Shun and other generals also quickly reorganized their troops and horses, and the halberds, horsemen, marksmen, traps, tigers, and brakes were arrayed in an orderly manner.

Zhang Liao didn't have the tension before the war at all, and slowly adjusted the armor on his body, in addition to the personal guards, there was another person, Guo Tu. (To be continued.) )