After Zhang Yi returned to Huai County, Yu Ban had already led his troops to arrive. Zhang Yi's promotion to another level is a general, which can be regarded as a senior officer.

Because of this merit, Shi Jian was promoted to the general of the Chinese army. He and Zhang Yi were going to Liyang to garrison together.

Liyang is at the junction of Jizhou, Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and is an important strategic location. It is close to Dongjun, west of Puyang, close to the Yellow River.

This will be Yuan Shao's first place, and guarding this place will ensure that Yuan Shao cannot enter Yuzhou. However, this place will definitely be lost, because Guandu is inevitable in it, once the battle of Guandu starts, this place will inevitably be captured by Yuan Shao, otherwise there will be no battle of Guandu.

After Zhang Yi arrived in Liyang, he continued to train soldiers, and he would not take out all the training methods, at least not now.

He hasn't gained a firm foothold in Cao Cao's camp yet, and after he has gained a foothold, it's not too late to take it out. Although he is now a general and a high-ranking officer, he still has not entered Cao Cao's core, and he has not even met Cao Cao a few times.

This may also have something to do with Zhang Yi's identity as a member of the Zhang Xiu clan, and Cao Cao may think of Cao Ang, the eldest son of Wancheng, who died in the First World War, and the general Dian Wei as soon as he sees Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi himself is also weak-hearted, he doesn't go to Cao Cao's side, and if he can't see Cao Cao, he won't see Cao Cao.

In June, Cao Cao was stationed in Liyang with a large army, and it was impossible for Zhang Yi to think that Cao Cao would not see him. Because he was a general, Zhang Yi was allowed to participate in the military meeting.

Strategist Guo Jia said: "Yuan Shaoxian's vanguard has reached the other side and is looking for a place to cross the river. Yuan Shao had just defeated Gongsun Zan and wanted to take advantage of the great victory and cross the river in one fell swoop. ”

"Although our army has just defeated Lu Bu and attacked and killed Zhenggu, it is still much worse than Yuan Shao in terms of numbers. Therefore, it is not suitable for Yuan Shao to fight now, and it should be strictly guarded at various ferries, not allowing Yuan's army to cross the river, so as to wear down its vigor and drag out the war until next year. ”

"Yuan Shaogang is self-serving, he wants to succeed in one fell swoop, and if he can't do it, he will definitely make a stupid move, and then our opportunity will come."

Xun You also said: "Yuan Shao is nothing more than dividing troops to cross the river, and when the time comes, our army can use a small number of soldiers and horses to drag Yuan Shao, and then concentrate superior forces, fight one of his troops, and gradually weaken its strength." ”

Cao Cao nodded, these plans have been said many times. He looked at the generals and asked, "What do you think?" ”

What do the generals think? Zhang Yi mixed in the crowd, and admired Guo Jia and Xun You very much in his heart, these two were excellent strategists, and what they said was the experience of the battle of Guandu.

Cao Cao saw that the generals did not speak, so he ordered: "Cao Ren, Xu Huang, Shi Lian, and you are three people to defend along the river, and do not let Yuan's army cross the river easily." ”

"Yes!"

After the three of them received the order, Cao Cao looked at the strategists again and said, "Yuan Shu can't be consumed now, and he wants to go north to Qingzhou to join Yuan Tan." I sent Liu Bei to intercept it before, but I didn't expect Liu Bei to kill Che Zhou and occupy Xuzhou. Now the one who can intercept Yuan Shu is Langya Zangba, I intend to crusade against Liu Bei, I don't know if it's feasible? ”

Guo Jia shook his head lightly: "Lord, the time is not right." If you want to crusade against Liu Bei, you should wait a few more months, and after paralyzing Yuan Shao, you can draw elite soldiers and strong generals to quickly take Liu Bei. Now Liu Bei only occupies Xiapi, Lang Evil and Guangling are all rebellions, and a general can be dispatched to intercept Yuan Shu and prevent Liu Bei from attacking Xuchang. ”

Cao Cao nodded, "I don't know who is suitable to shoot?" ”

"Choose someone who is unknown and alert."

Cao Cao looked left and right and asked, "Can anyone recommend it?" ”

Shi Jian arched his hand and said: "My lord, the last general recommends General Zhang Yi." General Zhang's bravery is extraordinary, and the previous killing of Zhenggu was an ambush designed by General Zhang, and the county was also designed by General Zhang to be suspicious. ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he immediately became interested: "Where is Zhang Yi?" ”

"The last general!"

Cao Cao looked at Zhang Yi carefully for the first time, and always felt that he was a little familiar, so he asked, "Where have I seen you?" ”

Zhang Yi replied: "In Xiapi, the last general Lu Bu has seen the lord!" ”

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "It should have been earlier!" ”

Zhang Yi was shocked, could it be that he chased and killed him and was known to him?

At this time, Cao Chun stood up and said, "Lord, this is the one who broke through the crowd!" ”

Cao Cao glanced at Zhang Yi in surprise, and then said, "Your name is Zhang Yi, and you are of the same clan as Zhang Xiu, right?" ”

Zhang Yi lowered his head and said, "It's the same clan." ”

After hearing this, Cao Cao nodded silently and said, "If Zhang Xiu is used by me like you, I will not be as difficult as I am now." ”

Zhang Yi was silent, he didn't know what this hero thought. During the entire Three Kingdoms period, the most difficult thing to guess was Cao Cao and Liu Bei, the two heroes who were moody and angry.

"Zhang Yi, you immediately lead your troops to Huainan, intercept Yuan Shu's way north, and drag Liu Bei to stop him from making trouble in Xuzhou."

"The last general commands!"

After Zhang Yi finished saluting, he immediately walked out of the lobby, gathered his troops to leave the camp, and marched towards Huainan. He didn't want to stay here for a moment for fear that Cao Cao's brain would kill him.

In fact, Zhang Yi also spent the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and Cao Cao also sighed after he left: "Seeing him reminds me of Dian Wei." ”

On the contrary, a young man beside Cao Cao looked at Zhang Yi's back, and murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

Zhang Yi marched to Huainan day and night, and felt Xiaopei in mid-May. Xiaopei is not the territory of Xuzhou, but the territory of Yuzhou, but after being attacked by Tao Qian, it has been under the management of Xuzhou.

This also has to mention a public case of that year, that is, Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou. The cause of this incident was that Cao Cao's father was killed, and Tao Qian sent people to send them to each other, but he did not choose the right person.

But what about the facts? Tao Qian and Cao Cao were not friendly, and the two even had friction and attacked each other. This is good to start from the fight against Dong, the coalition army was divided into two forces, one was the alliance of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Liu Biao, and the other was the alliance of Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zhan and Tao Qian.

The reason why such an alliance was formed was because everyone knew the truth of distant friendship and close attack, and among these alliances, only Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were bordering.

Someone asked, why is there no Sun Jian here, just like the aforementioned Sun Jian is Yuan Shu's thug and general, and he doesn't even have his own territory.

To be honest, if Cao Cao hadn't already had Dongjun at that time, he would have been just Yuan Shao's thug.

At that time, the world was also tripartite, but Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu were three, and the others were just vassals, and Gongsun Zhan, Tao Qian, and Liu Biao were just relatively independent.

How powerful was the Yuan clan at that time? Yuan Shao easily captured Han Fu's Jizhou, and Yuan Shu easily captured Kong Ling's Yuzhou, which can be seen.