Liu Bei hastily presided over the covenant under the urging of a group of princes, although he felt that something was wrong, but the matter had come to this point, and he could not afford to retreat, so he could only preside over the alliance head-on.

The covenant is certain, and the next step is to assign tasks.

Chen Chu Wang Liu Pet has led his troops to begin to attack Yique Pass, Xihe Taishou Cui Jun is in the Mengjin area to attack and harass, Yuan Shao decided to personally lead the army to break through the Tiger Prison from the front, although it is difficult, but as long as the Tiger Prison Pass is broken, it will be a huge blow to Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army, and at the same time, the Tiger Prison is broken, there will be no danger to the east of Luoyang, and the coalition army can reach the city of Luoyang, so that the defense of the other eight passes is meaningless.

At that moment, Yuan Shao began to assign tasks, with Cao Cao as the military advisor sacrificing wine, and Yuan Shu in charge of the governor's allied army grain and grass.

These two positions, there is no problem, followed closely, Yuan Shao looked at Ye Zhao, and said with a smile: "This battle is the first battle of our army, there is no room for loss, Ye Hou is a famous general of my Han Dynasty, he has never been defeated in his life, I don't know if Ye Hou can give in, temporarily be the vanguard, and break the two cities of Aocang and Xingyang?" ”

has just become the leader of the alliance, Yuan Shao at this moment urgently needs a big victory to stabilize his position and deter the princes, so this first battle is not only extremely important to the coalition army, but also about the future for Yuan Shao, and the princes in the tent, although most of them are friendly with Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao is very clear that among these people, there are not many who can fight, Liu Dai, Qiao Mao, willing, Zhang Miao and others, have a great reputation, and they are also good at learning, but when it comes to this commander of the army, it is probably a virtue with Li Min, Xingyang, Aocang, and Tiger Prison are fighting each other. It is also a place for Dong Zhuo's heavy defense, so this pioneer candidate is very important.

In Yuan Shao's impression, among the full of masters, I am afraid that only Ye Zhao has the greatest grasp.

Ye Zhao shook his head with a smile and said, "In this battle, Ye is not very sure, the alliance leader should choose another meritocracy." ”

He participated in this alliance, on the surface, in response to the righteousness, but in fact, he just wanted to use the excuse to send his group of poorly trained soldiers, most of the displaced people recruited in Hanoi, and some soldiers' families to Hanzhong in the name of the coalition army, but he never thought that he really had a hard fight with Dong Zhuo.

Not to mention that he really doesn't have enough confidence to break these three cities in a row, even if he does, if this battle is fought, he will definitely lose his troops and generals, but the benefits are Yuan Shao and others, this kind of loss-making business, Ye Zhao will not do it.

"If even Ye Hou is not sure, who can still be qualified for the position of pioneer among the people in this tent?" Yuan Shao's face stiffened slightly, and his first order after becoming the leader of the alliance was refused to be executed, which made Yuan Shao feel very bad and felt a little pain in his face.

"I'm sorry, Ben Hou never fights uncertain battles, so I'd better choose another meritorious." Ye Zhao shook his head and said with a smile, the best way to jointly defend the three cities is to send an army to cut off the barrier between the three cities first, the coalition army is overwhelming, and it is completely possible to use the advantage of strength to do this, and then break through each one, but Yuan Shao obviously has the intention of pitting him, and directly let him be the vanguard, he is now surrounded by 20,000 undertrained soldiers and horses, not to mention whether he can fight down, even if he is defeated in the end, he will have to be greatly injured, and when the time comes, it is not to be kneaded by others, and leave in disgrace?

He was not prepared to leave these 20,000 soldiers and horses on this battlefield forever.

"Ha, didn't Ye Hou Mo think that you are the only one in the world who can fight?" Chen Guoxiang Xu Ling was dissatisfied with Ye Zhao's attitude, snorted, stood up and bowed his hand to Yuan Shao: "Alliance leader, I am willing to be the pioneer of this position!" ”

"Good!" Ye Zhao stroked his palms and smiled: "It is worthy of being an official under the command of King Chen Shu, and the Marquis is here waiting for Xu Xiang's good news." ”

"It's fine." Yuan Shao was a little unhappy when he saw that he couldn't say that Ye Zhao would fight, he really had the intention of taking the opportunity to weaken Ye Zhao, but Ye Zhao obviously didn't have too much respect for him, the alliance leader, Yuan Shao had just become the alliance leader at the moment, and it was not easy to make trouble, he was secretly ruthless in his heart, and after he broke through the tiger prison and his position was stable, he would definitely make this Ye Zhao look good.

At that moment, Xu Ling resigned from everyone and led the army to cross the river, preparing to break Aocang first, then Xingyang, and finally attack the tiger prison.

To say that this Xu Ling is not an empty talker, since Liu Chong, the king of Chen Shu, sent him to participate in the alliance on his behalf, he naturally felt that Xu Ling had the ability to take charge of himself, so Yuan Shao felt that even if Xu Ling was not victorious, he would not be defeated or lost, and he could not fight, after crossing the river, when the army crossed the river, when the army of 300,000 people could fill up the three cities with a mouthful of spit.

After Xu Ling left, Yuan Shao ordered the three armies to pull out the camp as soon as possible, try to make the distance between the vanguard army and the main force closer, and if there is an accident, the coalition army can also rescue in time.

It's just that I never dreamed that Xu Ling would be defeated so quickly, and when the princes were still crossing the river at the ferry, news came the next day that Xu Ling was burned to death by the Xiliang army!

"How did it come to this!?" After Yuan Shao heard the news, his face was incredible, Xu Ling's ability is not low, and there are five or six thousand men and horses under his command, even if he can't break the city, he won't be broken so quickly, and this time it is not a defeat, but a total annihilation!

"Return to the Alliance Leader!" Chen Guo Elementary School, who came to report the news, said with a wry smile: "I waited for the river to arrive in Aocang, all the way unimpeded, only to find that Aocang had no thieves when I arrived in Aocang, Xu Xiang led the army into Aocang, ready to use this place as a base, attack Xingyang, Tiger Prison two places, who knew that Aocang suddenly had a fire last night, the soldiers panicked, Xu Xiang wanted to break through, but the Dong thief had prepared an ambush outside the city, several breakthroughs, were shot back by the other party with arrows, and finally our army was annihilated, only dozens of people such as the general escaped from Aocang. ”

"This Xu Xuan is an exaggeration." Ye Zhao sat by the river, watching the river flow endlessly, neither salty nor light.

Xu Jue is a celebrity, and he is the main staff of King Chen Shu's account, half of this reputation is genuine, and half of it is blown out, as for the ability to lead troops...... If it was really so powerful, Chen Guo would not have needed Ye Zhao to save it at the beginning.

"Now that most of the army has not crossed the river, it has been defeated for a while, how is this good?" Yuan Shao glanced at Ye Zhao hatefully, only as if he didn't exist, he looked at the people around him and asked.

Ye Zhao picked up a few stones from the river, floated in the water, looked at the river, and silently thought about his thoughts.

This Ao Cang is on fire, it can be said that it has frustrated the spirit of the coalition army, and the withdrawal of Ao Cang's soldiers and horses is also a good choice in Ye Zhao's opinion, after all, the coalition army is overwhelming, Ao Cang is close to the river bank, and it is also the first nail to be pulled out by the coalition army.

Dong Zhuo or Li Ru are inevitably too confident, or are they still ready to pit the coalition army?

Ye Zhao broke a branch and wrote and painted on the ground, it is impossible to give advice to Dong Zhuo, and people may not believe in themselves, and although Ye Zhao has not figured it out, he estimates that this battle of Xingyang will make waves again, I just hope that Yuan Shao can grow his heart this time, so what is the point of sending the princes all the way out? Although he came to make soy sauce and add to the blockage of the coalition forces by the way, he didn't want Dong Zhuo to press the coalition forces to the ground like this.

This time, Yuan Shao did learn a little wiser, and sent Cao Cao and Sun Jian to march to Xingyang separately to buy enough time for the main force of the coalition army to cross the river.

But is it really that easy?

Seeing that Cao Cao and Sun Jian had begun to command their respective soldiers and horses to cross the river, Ye Zhao summoned Cao Cao and said: "I think it's a little wrong for the Xiliang army to give up Ao Cang so easily, I'm afraid there is a backhand, after crossing the river, it's best to be careful, don't go to the road, Dong Zhuo is also around, there are also capable people." ”

"Xiu Ming rest assured, the military strategy may not be worse than you!" Cao Cao said with a smile, obviously a little dissatisfied with Ye Zhao's worries about everything, although Ye Zhao is famous, he is not a fledgling, why bother with everything so much, it makes Cao Cao feel weird in his heart.