Zhang Liao learned from Gao Lan's rout that after Gao Ran was beheaded by an unknown general, and the 4,000 soldiers under his command were also defeated by the vanguard of the Wu army, he extinguished the idea of rejecting the enemy from the country, gathered the army and retreated to Hefei, preparing to rely on Hefei Jiancheng for active defense.

In the camp of the Wu army stationed in Xiaoyaojin, although the vanguard of the Wu army defeated the Cao army and killed the famous general of the Cao army, Gao Lan, Qiao Ren's face did not show any smile, but frowned, "How is Ziwei's injury." ”

Dai Gang has been unconscious since he was rescued by the soldiers, which is also the reason why Qiao Ren is depressed.

"Return to the Grand Governor." Zhong Sima Sun Lang sighed lightly and said: "Ziwei has no external injuries, but he was crushed by the horse, his internal organs were damaged, and he needs to rest for a few days. ”

"Hmm!" Dai Gang is fine, Qiao Ren is relieved, when he relaxes, the joy rushes straight to his head, when the weak Wu army can defeat the powerful Cao army face to face, this is unimaginable in the past. And the Lujiang Shangjia trained by Dai Gang has achieved such glory under his own leadership, which makes Qiao Ren, the commander of the army, extremely proud.

But Hefei, which is not far away, and Zhang Liao in Hefei City are not easy to deal with. Qiao Ren returned to normal after being happy for a few minutes, and asked, "How many soldiers and horses are there in Hefei City?" What is the movement of the defenders of Liyang.? ”

Zhang Wen, the chief bookkeeper in charge of intelligence, glanced at the other generals in the hall and said: "Back to the capital, Hefei City is headed by Zhang Liao, and there are generals Li Dian and Xue Yi under it, don't drive Jiang Ji as a military advisor, there are about 20,000 soldiers. Liyang is still stationed by Zhang Xi, with 6,000 soldiers. ”

The generals in the hall are carefully calculated, Cao Jun has more than 25,000 people on the front line of Hefei, in addition to Shouchun, there are 10,000 troops of Cao Jun's general Xiahoudun and 2,000 people from Lejin who are recuperating in Shouchun. Special attention is paid to the fact that Wen Hui, the Yangzhou Mu appointed by Cao Cao, is also still in Shouchun.

On the other hand, the Wu army itself, Qiao Ren, the governor of Huainan, commanded nearly 40,000 soldiers, but he had to leave Sun Jiao's department to guard against Yiyang, and then remove the troops who stayed in Anhui and Shucheng, so Qiao Ren only brought less than 30,000 people to the expedition, which was roughly the same as the Cao army along the Hefei line, but Zhang Liao had a strong city to defend against, and the Wu army was more passive in comparison.

Since the defense of the ancient city is a flesh mill, so the attacking side will not attack the opponent's heavily defended city without the certainty of victory, and the defender will also find a way to destroy or expel the opponent, and will not just close the city gate and watch the opponent's army run rampant in their territory. In general, siege warfare is often already a clear distinction between advantages and disadvantages. The defenders are weak and demoralized, and the attackers have an absolute advantage and are relatively sure.

Now that the strength of Wu Jun and Cao Jun is almost the same, Qiao Ren expects that according to Zhang Liao's character, he will never stay in Hefei City honestly.

"The Governor doesn't know what our army should do?" The veteran Huang Zhong said what the generals wanted to ask the most.

In fact, Qiao Ren didn't have a bottom in his heart, to be honest, this northern attack on Hefei was just an attempt by Qiao Ren to take advantage of Cao Cao's troops in the southeast to see if he could take Hefei before Cao Cao, and he didn't make a detailed plan.

However, looking at the expectant eyes of the generals, Qiao Ren would never say these depressing words. "This governor guesses that tomorrow Zhang Liao will come to the front of the village to call for battle, and our army just frustrates his spirit."

When all the generals heard this, they all turned their eyes to Huang Zhong, who had a calm face, just last year Zhang Liao surrounded them in Shucheng, and Zhang Liao called for battle in front of the city, but Wu Jun dispatched four generals who were helpless against him. Now that Huang Zhong, who is known as the No. 1 master in Jiangdong, is in charge, how can he say that he has to find a way back? Therefore, when the generals heard Qiao Ren's words, they all howled for revenge, but forgot to ask Qiao Ren about the specific plan, and Wenchen also tacitly remained silent and did not mention it.

The last day of April in the seventeenth year of Jian'an, that is, the day after Qiao Ren was in Xiaoyaojinxiazhai. As Qiao Ren expected, Zhang Liao led an army of 10,000 to challenge in front of the village, shouting that Qiao Ren would be beaten down the river.

Looking at Zhang Liao, who was still so energetic, Qiao Ren sneered in his heart, "If you bully me Wu Jun has no fierce generals, I will let you look at a fierce general comparable to Lu Bu, although it is a fifty-year-old Lu Bu."

"Old General Huang, please teach this Zhang Wenyuan, who doesn't know the height of the sky, a lesson." Before Qiao Ren gave the order, Song Qian, who had suffered a loss in the hands of Zhang Liao on the side, couldn't wait to say.

Qiao Ren didn't say anything when he saw this, and he still remembered in his heart that he was almost killed by Zhang Liaoyin last year, "General Huang went to war." ”

"Roar!"

Huang Zhong was dressed in pale golden armor, wearing a golden helmet, carrying a big knife upside down, pulling the reins, and slowly walked out. Looking at Huang Zhong who was getting closer and closer, Zhang Liao's face became more and more solemn, although the person in front of him had white hair, but the momentum was so strong, Zhang Liao had only seen it in Lu Bu, and even his friend Guan Yu lacked this calm and steady, immovable like a mountain, which gave Zhang Liao great oppression.

"Zhang Liao in Xiayanmen, I don't know the name of the old general?" Zhang Liao attaches great importance to this unattractive veteran from the bottom of his heart.

Huang Zhong smiled slightly, a wisp of beauty rose with the wind, and said: "Old man Nanyang Huang Hansheng, ask the general for advice." ”

After Zhang Liao saw the salute between the two, he suddenly lifted the big knife, slapped the horse forward, and picked it up as a plan. Seeing this, Huang Zhong didn't say much, but carried the big knife, accelerated forward, and only when the two of them were about to return to the horse, he lifted the knife with one hand, and slashed Zhang Liao's powerful slash.

Then Huang Zhong returned to his horse, swept away thousands of troops with one plan, and beckoned behind Zhang Liao. And Zhang Liao also had a long eye in the back of his head, and turned around and blocked Huang Zhong's plan with a knife.

Boom! Two-in-one~

When the two sides faced each other again, Huang Zhong's face was also faintly solemn, this Zhang Liao in front of him was indeed as difficult to deal with as Song Qian and others said, but his old Huang Zhong still liked such an opponent. Huang Zhong changed his heavy knife technique in the past, and suddenly the whole person became sharp, and the big knife was a strong attack, every plan was extremely powerful, and Zhang Liao's knife collided, and the sound of metal collision shocked the onlookers The generals of the two armies were deafening.

"Hah!!" Zhang Liao roared, and the heavy blade was actually pulled out by him A few afterimages.

Three falsehoods and one reality, Huang Zhong had already seen through it, and the old Huang Zhong ignored those fancy knife shadows at all, and pressed the blade that Zhang Liao was about to pick up from the bottom to the top with a big knife. Suddenly, Zhang Liaoyue's slightly purple face flashed with a flush, but it was the strength of the two of them.

In later generations, Huang Zhong could still compete with Guan Yu at the age of fifty, and at the age of sixty, he killed Xiahou Yuan, the general of the Cao army, for him to be a sharpshooter who pierced Yang in a hundred steps, arm strength and eyesight were indispensable. Comparing arm strength Zhang Liao is his opponent, but after a few breaths, Zhang Liao's arms began to tremble slightly, and his big knife was constantly pressed down by Huang Zhong, almost close to the ground.

"Hah!" Zhang Liao roared, took advantage of his riding skills, drew his big knife, took a few steps back, and then killed Huang Zhong with the help of horsepower.

Half a quarter of an hour later, looking at Qiao Ren, who had fought in his forties in the field, his face was sad and joyless, although Huang Zhong had the upper hand on the scene, he thought that Huang Zhong was old after all, and he was afraid that he would not be physically exhausted if he fought without using a bow and arrow.

Just when Qiao Ren was worried, there were still a few rays of sunshine in the sky, and the dark clouds were thick, and it rained lightly after a while. The duel between Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao in the field has gradually become white-hot, at this time, Zhang Liao has recovered some of his decline by virtue of his youth, and is actively attacking with a big knife, and Huang Zhong has also changed back to a more energy-saving defense.

The rain became heavier and heavier, Qiao Ren's clothes were soaked by the rain, and it was very uncomfortable to wear on his body, and those soldiers were even more unbearable, Qiao Ren knew that he might not be able to continue fighting today.

"Mingjin!"