Xingyang City is located in the north of Henan County, near Hanoi County, and is less than 100 miles away from the border of the two counties.

Now this Xingyang City defender is the original Yang Feng's general Xu Huang, because he was quite outstanding in the war with the first Dong Alliance, Xu Huang, who was originally unknown in Dong Zhuo's army, was deliberately promoted by Li Ru, and now he can also be a general on either side.

For Lu Bu, Xu Huang admires it very much, and for Li Ru, who has repeatedly mentioned that he has the grace of knowing things, Xu Huang is very grateful, on the contrary, he doesn't have much feeling for Dong Zhuo, the big boss.

But since it is now the Lu of Dong Zhilu, he should naturally be loyal to Dong, so in the face of the approach of the alliance of princes against Dong's army, on the one hand, he actively sent an urgent report to Luoyang, and on the other hand, he arranged the defense without hurry.

Xingyang City city defense is complete, after being broken by the first princes' coalition army before, Li Ru paid some attention to the construction of the city defense here, although later because he was entangled in other things, he didn't care about it, but no one dared to slack off on it, not to mention that Xu Huang, the guard general who was then transferred here, acted seriously and had a strong sense of responsibility, and he also actively supervised this, and the current Xingyang City is no longer the previous Xingyang City.

Even if the conditions for these hardware are excluded, the Xingyang garrison under Xu Huang is completely different from the previous one under Yang Feng, mainly not in the composition of the personnel, but as the main general of the defenders, it will have a great impact on the subordinate soldiers, for example, the original Yang Feng's corpse is vegetarian, in his position and not seeking his own politics, the guide is not right on the upper beam and the lower beam is crooked, and the unhealthy style of the defenders in Xingyang City is prevalent, which is the biggest reason why the alliance army of the princes was able to attack it with a little means at that time; And now it's Xu Huang. Naturally, it will not be the same as it was at the beginning.

Xu Huang is very strict about the management of the army under his subordinates, in fact, the military discipline of the Xiliang Army is still very strict, after all, this is set by the military advisor Li Ru, but later, the once invincible Xiliang Iron Cavalry was scattered into many branches, distributed in various places, and except for the first time after the Dong Alliance, it was rare to experience war, and gradually began to corrupt and degenerate.

And Xu Huang also played a leading role, but it was the opposite of the positive aspect, Tong Guò these days. He also fully established his reputation in the army. Originally, under Yang Feng, he was just an inconspicuous little military marquis who might never get ahead, but now he is a general who can take charge of himself.

Even in the face of the overwhelming and outnumbered alliance army outside Xingyang City, just watching the black pressure on people's heads from the city tower can bring endless pressure. Xu Huang was still able to dispatch calmly. Although the alliance forces have not yet launched a siege of the city. But that's only sooner or later, and if you prepare more now, you may be able to have an unexpected effect at that time.

Meanwhile. The alliance army outside the city is also increasing the number of people, and the first to arrive here is naturally not the entire lineup, which is also the main reason why the alliance army has pressed the border but has not launched an offensive against Xingyang City for a long time.

At that time, the Bingzhou army led by Zhang Liao and others, the Yuan-Sun coalition army led by Lu Bu, and the Cao Cao army that Xu Rong had just withdrawn from Taishan County and were ready to rush to the road, etc., had not yet arrived, and only Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zhan, Han Fu and Zhang Yan led the army to arrive, among which Zhang Yan was also similar to Wang Lang, all of them were through the mouth of others, and then Cao Cao, the leader of the alliance, joined in, and unlike Yuan Shu who was persuaded by Cao Cao, Yuan Shao didn't care about Zhang Yan at all, plus he originally intended to keep a low profile for a period of time, There is no opinion on Zhang Yan's entry into the alliance, so there is no need for Cao Cao to bother with words.

And these four groups of people gathered, although there were a lot of people and morale was at the right time, but after all, Cao Cao, an alliance leader, and Lu Bu, a deputy alliance leader, had not yet arrived, and although they had also received some information about the war between Yanzhou and Yuzhou, they didn't see the two groups really appear in front of them, and they still couldn't believe that they broke through so easily.

At the beginning of February, Lü Bu finally arrived with Yuan Shu and them, and Zhang Liao and Gao Shun led the state army to arrive the next day, just in time to join Lü Bu.

They didn't get much hindrance here, after all, Hanoi County was tossed by Wang Kuang to the people's resentment, after Wang Kuang's death, Dong Zhuo appointed an old and serious minister, but in fact, it was in the state of recuperation and recovery, and in terms of armament, because after all, it was connected with the state, because Dong Zhuo was always afraid of Lu Bu, so he still sent 10,000 heavy troops to garrison, but unfortunately Zhang Liao did not see the so-called legendary 10,000 heavy soldiers along the way.

Later, I learned that most of the so-called 10,000 heavy troops were displayed in the area of Heyang and Wenxian, that is, where Lü Bu's feudal towns were located, so it is not that these 10,000 heavy troops did not exist, but that Zhang Liao's march happened to stagger this area, and the two sides did not meet at all.

Of course, for the alliance army, the most dramatic is undoubtedly a series of events that happened in Yuzhou in a short period of time, and now Lu Bu, Sun Ce and Yuan Shu, these main masters, appeared, and then Cao Cao, who also led the army to arrive, summoned the princes to convene the first formal military meeting after the assembly of the army as the leader of the alliance, there was a discussion on how to seize Xingyang City, and everyone's curiosity was unprecedentedly flooded, and they were pestering them to ask a reason.

Cao Cao looked a little embarrassed, at this time everyone seemed to have forgotten about him, the leader of the alliance, but he himself was also a little curious, after all, although he had heard a lot, the specific situation was still a little unclear, and it was obviously better for the person concerned to explain.

However, although Yuan Shu and Sun Ce have reacted to some things so far, firstly, they have no evidence to prove it, and for the time being, it is just their own private speculation, and secondly, they are also seeking psychological balance, and they didn't know that they guessed it later at first, so there is no need to sue others in the alliance.

Therefore, in the version they spoke, Lu Bu did not play any role in it, but relied on Sun Ce's bravery and Yuan Shu's strategy to play a triumphant song all the way.

Of course, everyone didn't believe it, among them, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, who were the most powerful and powerful, didn't dare to say that they could use all their forces to solve the Xiliang army in Yuzhou in such a short period of time and so quickly, not to mention that it was just Yuan Shu, Sun Ce and Wang Lang, the three second- and third-rate princes, among whom Wang Lang was still a soy sauce player.

But it doesn't matter if they believe it or not, as soon as Wang Lang entered the alliance, he put himself very lowly, and he couldn't beat a fart with three sticks, Yuan Shu and Sun Ce also made up their minds not to change their minds, and Lu Bu didn't want to provoke anyone, so this became a dead knot in their hearts.

......Seeing this, Cao Cao finally spoke: "Next, shouldn't we get to the point?" ”

"Oh!" Everyone was shocked, and quickly calmed down their doubts and thoughts, looked at Cao Cao and waited for him to speak, Cao Cao smiled, he was very satisfied with this scene, he thought about it for a while, and said: "Now outside this Xingyang City, there are a total of 500,000 troops of our alliance, and they are all elite and strong generals under you. ”

"Cloth (the last general) is willing to go!" As soon as Cao Cao's words fell, he heard two voices in the tent at the same time, and everyone looked at it, and found that one person was Lu Bu, and the other was Cao Cao's subordinate Xiahou Yuan. (To be continued......)