The spring morning is always accompanied by the gentle breeze and the warm sunshine.

After Huang Zhong got up today, he came to the city wall of Shouchun City early and inspected the city defense. This is a habit he has always cultivated, and every few days he will go around the city wall from time to time, and its main purpose is naturally to prevent those soldiers on duty from letting their guard down and being lazy.

Although there has been no war here since Lu An captured Huainan, Huang Zhong has never let down his vigilance, which is not only a sense of responsibility as a general, but also a kind of gratitude to Lu An in his heart.

Huainan is the hinterland of the Central Plains, and it is the gate for the Jiangdong Army to enter the Central Plains in the future.

However, after staying in Huainan for a long time, Huang Zhong inevitably has some regrets, it is good to defend the side of the lord, but in the past two years, it has been too peaceful, and he has not been able to get a fight, which is always a feeling that his strength has not been brought into play.

Turning back and forth on the tall city wall, seeing that the soldiers were still in good spirits, Huang Zhong put down his heart and slowly went to his Taishou Mansion, although he felt that he was a general, but now he was in the position of a high guard, if there was no war, it was impossible to stay on the city wall for a long time, and he would take the time to personally inspect it every few days, and he could already be regarded as a model worker.

"General, just now a messenger from Jiangdong came with a secret letter from the lord!" As soon as Huang Zhong returned to the mansion, the guards at the door reported.

"The Messenger of the Lord? Where is it? When Huang Zhong heard this, he immediately cheered up and asked.

"Master Jia has already arranged for him to rest, and the secret letter has been handed over to Master Jia!" The guard replied.

"I see!" Huang Zhong nodded, strode into the mansion, and walked directly to a nearby hall, as the highest person in charge of handling Huainan government affairs, Jia Xu usually handled official affairs in that hall.

"General Huang, you're back!" Sure enough, when Huang Zhong came to this hall, Jia Xu was sitting there drinking tea peacefully, and at this time, the other party also saw him and said hello with a smile.

"I heard from the guards that the lord has a secret letter coming?" The two have been working together for more than two years, so Huang Zhong naturally wouldn't be so polite, and asked directly.

"Hmm!" Jia Xu nodded, and took the initiative to hand over a letter on the table next to him: "This is it!" ”

Huang Zhong took it, tore off the fire paint on the outside and opened the letter, and after reading it carefully, his face couldn't help but hang a hint of surprise.

"General Huang, what does the lord's letter say?" Jia Xu asked.

Although he received the letter before Huang Zhong came back, Huang Zhong was the Huainan Taishou appointed by Lu An, so it was inconvenient for him to read it before Huang Zhong didn't read it, although it didn't matter if he saw it with his status, but obviously Jia Xu still liked to keep a low profile.

"The lord said, let's send a little more spies to inquire about the situation of Yuan Cao's battle, and then train the soldiers and horses during this period of time, and after Yuan Cao has a victory or defeat, he will immediately send someone to report to him, and at the same time send troops to the surrounding states and counties to seize the city!" Huang Zhong still gave the letter to Jia Xu and spoke again.

"Huh?" Jia Xu's eyes flashed, and then a slight smile appeared on his face: "It turns out that the lord is in Jiangdong and his heart is in the world, and he has already thought about the next strategy, it seems that with Yuan Cao's war, the momentum of my Jiangdong should also spread to the Central Plains at this time!" ”

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Yuan Shao was in Hebei, Cao Cao was in the Central Plains, and the battlefield between the two actually revolved around a Yellow River, just like the Chu River and Han Realm in later chess.

In this era, it was not easy to cross the Yellow River to attack the enemy, because the Yellow River was very long and large, and this rather obstructive terrain would hinder many of the attackers' advantages.

For example, now, Yuan Shao has more than 500,000 troops, but because of the surging water of the Yellow River, the advantage of troops cannot be brought into play at all, and he can only temporarily hold back in Liyang.

But this deficiency is not impossible to solve, no matter how big the river is also a handover ferry, the Yellow River is no exception, he has several very important ferries, such as Baima, Yanjin or Cao Cao himself where the official ferry, is a very dangerous place for soldiers to fight, as long as any of these ferries are taken, Yuan Shao's military advantage can be fully exerted.

Yuan Shao first aimed at Baima County, but he did not lead all the troops to attack, but allocated 30,000 soldiers and horses to his general Yan Liang, and asked him to attack the white horse guarded by Cao Cao's troops (Cao Cao's soldiers and horses must guard the major dangerous places, and they can't all be gathered together), wanting to rub Cao Cao's sharpness, however, what happened after that completely exceeded Yuan Shao's imagination, and Yuan Shao's mistake started from this moment.

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After Yan Liang received Yuan Shao's military order, it took him three days to reach his destination, but he was greeted by 20,000 heavy soldiers led by Cao Cao himself.

Under the White Horse City, two majestic armies were facing each other from afar, although there was no sound, but the sense of slaughter had been extinguished, which made people unconsciously tense their nerves.

"You are Yuan Shao's subordinate Yan Liang!" In the position of Cao Jun's Chinese army, Cao Cao rode on his peerless horse, looked at a big man wearing a general's armor in front of the opponent's battle array, and actually laughed softly and asked.

"It's Yan, Cao Cao, this time I came to kill you on the order of Yuan Gong, if you know each other, surrender quickly!" Yan Liang didn't have a good face for Cao Cao, and after admitting his identity, he immediately shouted.

Cao Cao was not angry at all, but chuckled: "Yan Liang, I heard your name, you are the number one fierce general under Yuan Shao, presumably the courage is amazing, it just so happens that Cao also has a few warriors, are you willing to have a fight with them?" ”

"Humph!" Yan Liang listened to it, but he smiled very contemptuously, and was about to agree, but was stopped by the deputy general on the side.

"General, don't listen to Cao Cao, you are the commander of the three armies, and it is related to the safety of the three armies, how can you fold your identity to fight with Cao Jun?" Seeing that Yan Liang was a little unusual, the deputy general hurriedly persuaded him.

"What is there to be afraid of Cao Jun, see that Ben will defeat them!" Yan Liang smiled indifferently, and then directly pulled out his horse and went into battle, and the long knife pointed directly at Cao Cao's army: "Wait for the rats, who dares to fight me?" ”

"Idiot!" Seeing that Yan Liang came out so easily, Cao Cao's face showed a faint look of disdain, but he quickly put it away again and glanced at Xu Huang on the side.

"Xu Huanglai!" After receiving Cao Cao's signal, Xu Huang immediately pulled out his horse and axe and went out to fight Yan Liang.

As Xu Huang, who is second only to Zhang Liao among the five good generals in later generations, he has two brushes in martial arts, and he can be called a super-first-class general.

However, Yan Liang and Wen Chou are known as Yuan Jun's double walls, and they are naturally not idle characters, although Xu Huang's strength and martial arts are among the top masters in the world, and his standing axe is even more energetic and amazing, but compared to Yan Liang, it is still a step worse after all.

The two fought less than forty rendezvous, Xu Huang fell into a state of disadvantage, he was not reluctant, and directly forced Yan Liang back with a heavy blow, then pulled his horse and retreated, and slipped back into Cao Jun's camp.

"Hahahahahaha, Cao Cao, your subordinates only have this ability, it's very suitable to be a woodcutter!" Although after the fight, he felt that Xu Huang was not a weakling, but as a winner, Yan Liang was naturally extremely sarcastic.

"Miaocai, you also go out to fight him, and when you don't have it, you will retreat!" Cao Cao remained silent and commanded Xiahou Yuan on the side.

"Got it!" Xiahou Yuan nodded and killed him.

However, Xiahou Yuan's martial arts were similar to Xu Huang's, and naturally he would not be Yan Liang's opponent, and after some fighting, he quickly retreated.

At this time, Yan Liang, who had won another game, was naturally full of brilliance, and he looked at the Cao Jun camp triumphantly, his expression even more contemptuous: "Weak, it's really too weak, isn't there a decent opponent among the huge Cao army?" ”

"Are you sure that evil is coming?" Cao Cao asked about Dian Wei behind him at this time.

"Within two pillars of incense, he will definitely be killed under the horse!" Dian Wei had been watching the battle between Yan Liang and Xu Huang Xiahou Yuan before, and it was a preliminary understanding of Yan Liang's combat strength, and when he saw Cao Cao asking, he replied without hesitation.

"Okay, then you go, pay attention to taking advantage of the enemy's underestimate mentality, don't make too much movement with the first blow, and then I will order the whole army to help you drag the two pillars of incense!" The corners of Cao Cao's mouth showed a hint of color, and he said softly. He knew that Dian Wei had always been pragmatic, and when he said two pillars of incense, it was basically a certainty.

"Order!" Dian Wei arched his hand, and then took his double halberd to ride out and go straight to Yan Liang.

"Hmph, no matter how many people come, they won't be my opponents!" After two victories, Yan Liang, who was not calm in nature, was already a little floating, and saw another ugly man in the Cao army, and on the opponent's weapon, the light formed by the strength was not strong, and he raised his long knife very casually at the moment and blocked.

"Smack!"

As soon as the weapons were connected, there was a huge roar, and from time to time there were countless remnants of energy concurrently on the side, so powerful that it even caused a whistling gale.

At this time, Yan Liang, who was complacent before, suffered a big loss, after this shocking blow, he now found that the ugly man opposite was much stronger than the previous two, just a short collision, his arm immediately became numb, and even blood oozed from the tiger's mouth.

"Master, I was careless!" This thought flashed through Yan Liang's mind for the first time, and after that, he didn't have any distracting thoughts to think about other things, because, at this time, Dian Wei was unforgiving, and began to carry out a series of crazy attacks on him.