Cao Cao saw that his troops were not good, and he could not make a difference, so he could only go to his old friend Yuan Shao, there is a way to enjoy the shade under the big tree, and now Yuan Shao is the first person in the world, Cao Cao can hug this thick thigh, naturally he can mix and moisturize, and do something, with the help of the boss Yuan Shao, it is naturally easier and simpler.

Although Cao Cao had a slight complaint about Yuan Shao sending troops to conquer his brother Yuan Shu, he also had to carry out Yuan Shao's orders.

So, the brothers Zhou Ang and Zhou Qiao, together with Cao Cao, led 20,000 horses and horses to Yangcheng, where Sun Jian's current troops were located.

Zhou Ang was the Taishou of Jiujiang in the Zheng'er Eight Classics Imperial Court, so he had more men and horses, with 15,000 people, while Zhou Ang in Yanzhou was relatively small, and Cao Cao's men and horses combined were only more than 5,000 people.

Zhou Ang set out from his territory Jiujiang County, because of the banner of the alliance leader Yuan Shao, the people of the surrounding counties did not dare to stop him, and the green light was given all the way. This buddy led the army from Jiujiang County Zhiyin Mausoleum, all the way west into Dangtu County, and then changed to take the waterway, from Dangtu County to board the boat into the Huai River, downwind south, in the southwest of Shouchun County at the intersection of the Huai River and Yingshui, diverted into Yingshui, and then traced upstream, through Ruyin, Xiangxian, Xihua, Linying, Yingyang and other counties, and finally reached the Yangzhai garrison of Yingchuan County, Yuzhou.

However, Cao Cao and Zhou Qiao set off from Chenliu and arrived at Yangzhai through Weishi County and Changshe County. Cao Cao and Zhou Qiao were short from Sun Jian's Yangcheng, and they could have reached Yangzhai quickly, but the two of them had few soldiers, and they were afraid that they were not Sun Jian's opponents, so after waiting for the exact news of Zhou Ang's departure, they contacted each other all the way, set a time, and arrived at Yangzhai almost at the same time.

Originally, it was taboo for the three of them to cross the border and attack, but the former Yuzhou Assassin Kong Ling died of illness, and the new Yuzhou Assassin was disputed, so the three of them were so arrogant, and Sun Jian has been fighting near Luoyang since he was played by Yuan Shu as the Yuzhou Assassin History, and there is no time to integrate Yuzhou, plus Yingchuan Taishou Li Min was killed by the Xiliang Army, so the three of them will be so arrogant.

After the three of them met in Yangzhai, they discussed the specific strategy of sending troops, and Zhou Ang, as the commander of the trio, advocated immediately sending troops to attack Sun Jian, and after capturing and killing Sun Jian, he was justifiably in charge of Yuzhou. However, Cao Cao persuaded Zhou Ang to correct a few days before sending troops on the grounds that the army had just arrived in Yingchuan and the soldiers and horses were tired and needed to be corrected in order to form an effective combat force.

The relationship between the three brothers of Zhou Ang and Cao Cao has always been very good, so they did not hesitate to adopt Cao Cao's construction, and since Sun Jian had crusaded against Dong Zhuo, compared to other princes, he could be regarded as a repeat meritorious soldier, and Zhou Ang did not dare to despise it.

Sun Jian found out that Zhou Ang led an army of 20,000 to fight for Yuzhou with him, and he couldn't help but feel gloomy, he didn't expect that he would die on the front line of Luoyang, and he was still calculated by the villain.

Sun Jian originally thought that Zhou Ang would think that his teacher was tired, and with his cutting-edge spirit, he took the Yangcheng he was stationed in one go, but he didn't expect that there were still masters in his army, and he proposed a strategy of resting and recuperating first, but he couldn't let himself wait for work.

Seeing that the enemy was not in a hurry to engage him, Sun Jian immediately asked his lord Yuan Shu for help, hoping that Yuan Shu would receive his men and horses to reach Yangcheng.

Yuan Shu's current situation is not very optimistic, since Sun Jian's defeat to Liang Dong, the number of people under his command has decreased by sixty or seventy thousand, which can be said to be a broken nerve, and the originally arrogant Yuan Shu has also had to be restrained.

At first, Yuan Shu was ready to attack Liu Biao and take the entire territory of Jingzhou, but due to Sun Jian's lack of strength, a large number of soldiers and horses were lost, and Yuan Shu's troops in the direction of Jingzhou had to be withdrawn to support Sun Jian, which caused a shortage of troops in the direction of Jingzhou.

In fact, Yuan Shao sent the Zhou brothers to compete with Sun Jian for Yuzhou, on the one hand, for the heirloom jade seal in Sun Jian's hands, and on the other hand, he also dragged Yuan Shu back, so as to support his ally Liu Biao.

Yuan Shao's best candidate for the commander of the troops this time is Cao Cao, but the current Cao Heizi is not angry, and there are too few people under his command to be on the stage, so he can only let Zhou Ang as the commander. And Zhou Ang was much worse in comprehending Yuan Shao's intentions, Yuan Shao's order to him was to appoint him as the assassin of Yuzhou, defeat Sun Jian, and seize the jade seal in his hand, Zhou Ang did not hesitate to carry out Yuan Shao's order.

But there is another meaning in Yuan Shao's words, that is, to try to involve the energy of his younger brother Yuan Shu and limit the development of Yuan Shu, which Cao Cao is naturally a clear man, so he has the opportunity to fight.

Now Yuan Shu occupies Nanyang, looking at Jingzhou, and has his subordinate Sun Jian behind him as a guarantee rear, which can be said to occupy two states (Yuzhou and Nanyang are also counted as one state), and will soon occupy the third state, for now, its strength can be said to be the leader among the princes in the world, even if Yuan Shao occupies Jizhou, it is not as good.

As a scheming master, since Yuan Shao's current development speed is not as fast as his younger brother Yuan Shu, it can only be a small trick to limit the development of Yuan Shu, so whether Yuan Shao allied with Liu Biao or sent Zhou Ang's brothers to fight for Yuzhou with Sun Jian, the most fundamental starting point was to limit the development of Yuan Shu.

It is difficult for Yuan Shao to imagine what kind of disastrous consequences it will be once Yuan Shu occupies the entire territory of Jingzhou, and I am afraid that Yuan Shao will have to choose to bow to Yuan Shu in the future.

The Yuan brothers are all arrogant people, and they don't want to be compared with each other, so open and secret battles are inevitable.

For now, in the battle between the Yuan brothers, Yuan Shu is slightly superior to Yuan Shao in strength, and Yuan Shao is slightly superior to Yuan Shu in strategy.

However, now both brothers have huge hidden dangers.

Yuan Shao's hidden danger is Gongsun Zhan, the white horse Gongsun is a strong guy, and he has the Youzhou Assault Horse, which cannot be underestimated, and it is not yet known who will die in the future; The hidden danger of Yuan Shu is Liu Biao, Liu Biao's buddy is not a fuel-efficient lamp, Yuan Shu has not been able to take it down for a while, in a shape that is Yuzhou is unstable, Sun Jian has not been able to control Yuzhou, although his own forces have penetrated greatly in Yuzhou, but as the base camp of the Yuan family, Runan, there are also voices against him, and many people in the Yuan family are vacillating between choosing Yuan Shu or choosing Yuan Shao, which also makes Yuan Shu very helpless.