Chapter 238: The City House
Du Chen is the commander of the three armies, and there are generals like Xu Chu by his side, so his position is naturally very eye-catching, and when the princes of the Eighteenth Road met the alliance, Yuan Shao also had several relationships with Du Chen, although Yuan Shao was not very impressed, but he could still remember some of them.
Facing Du Chen, Yuan Shaoxi rode over with a smile, no matter from that point of view, it is a fortunate thing for Cao Jun to come to his aid, first, he can use this battle to consume Cao Jun's strength, and if he can tighten Du Chen's relationship, it will also be a blessing for him to go south in the future.
Yuan Shao Du Chen naturally knew each other, seeing that Yuan Shao came to greet him in person, Du Chen naturally didn't dare to be too rude, he immediately stepped forward to meet Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao is also a prince after all, and he is also a powerful prince, he deserves to be treated like this.
"The last general, Yuan Shao, has seen Lord Taiwei." Yuan Shao came to Du Chen's side and said loudly, but although Yuan Shao said so, he didn't have an inferior attitude.
In this regard, Du Chen didn't care at all, now that the Han family is in his twilight years, he has almost no influence on the major princes, and now the form is similar to the Spring and Autumn Period, each prince has his own power, and the royal family has no influence on them.
"Why do you need to be so polite in the first place, we have already known each other, and you just call the dust name." Du Chen said with a smile on his face, obviously, his attitude towards Yuan Shao was not bad.
But this is Yuan Shao's self-righteousness, in his heart, where does Du Chen look at Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao is tolerant on the outside, but suspicious in his heart. Like strategy but can't decide, have talent but can't use it, hear good plans but can't adopt them, the strategists under their doors are jealous of each other, plot against each other, and can't work together Yuan Shao.
Such a person can indeed win the power for a while, but in the long run, he will definitely fail, even without Cao Cao, Yuan Shao will still not win, after all, his character has come to this point, and he will definitely not achieve much more.
The stronger Yuan Jun developed. Then the more he makes wedding dresses for others. Such a person, Du Chen categorically will not take a fancy to it.
But these can only be thought in his heart, after all, he is in the hinterland of Yuan Jun, although Yuan Shao still needs to fight against Gongsun Zhan by himself. But will he secretly poison Cao Jun. No one can guarantee this.
"Hahaha." Yuan Shao laughed three times. Then he said: "Si Lang is right, but Shao Menglang is Shao, and Shao and Meng De are close friends. And in the early years before the Tiger Prison Pass, you and I had already met, but the relationship between Shao Rang Silang and Shao had a lot of differences. ”
For Yuan Shao, the closer Du Chen is to himself, the happier Yuan Shao is in his heart, after all, from his heart, Yuan Shao is playing Du Chen's idea.
"It is precisely because the prime minister and Ben Chu are close friends that I will send troops to help Ben Chu yours, otherwise if someone else, who can invite me Cao Jun." Du Chen said with a smile.
And hearing Du Chen's words, Tian Feng's heart secretly scolded Du Chen for being shameless, Du Chen's words were high-sounding, if it wasn't for the five thousand war horses that moved everyone in the Cao army, how could the Cao army send troops to aid the Yuan army.
However, since Du Chen said this, Tian Feng naturally did not want to expose him, although he secretly scolded Du Chen for being shameless, but this matter was also a helpless thing, after all, one was willing to fight and the other was willing to suffer, and he took the initiative to ask Cao Jun, so how could he blame Du Chen for opening his mouth.
Yuan Shao naturally knew the bargaining chips for inviting Cao Jun, but he would not say such a thing on this occasion, although he was also extremely painful for the five thousand war horses, but if he gave it, he gave it away, after all, he broke through and had a close relationship with Cao Jun.
It is worth it to exchange 5,000 military horses for your own life, after all, your own life is not worth the 5,000 war horses, this is obviously a little unreasonable.
"Si Lang is right, please tell me in the account." As he spoke, Yuan Shao made a gesture of please.
Du Chen arranged for Jia Xu to set up camp, and then he took Xu Chu and the soldiers of his personal guard to Yuan Shao's camp together.
Seeing Xu Chu behind Du Chen, Yuan Shao's eyes couldn't help but light up, although Xu Chu had a very different appearance, but he exuded an unrivaled toughness, this kind of momentum, Yuan Shao had only seen it in his confidants Yan Liang and Wen Chou.
Obviously, this person's strength is definitely comparable to Yan Liangwen's ugliness, but such a person is willing to be Du Chen's guard, which is somewhat unworthy.
Yuan Shao was thinking secretly in his heart, he was thinking about how to bring the strong man behind Du Chen under his command, but this matter should be done without leaving a trace, if he poached people in front of Du Chen, it would naturally leave a mustard in Du Chen's heart, so that the gains outweighed the losses.
Yuan Shao took Du Chen into the big tent, and then arranged for Du Chen to sit down, and Xu Chu always followed Du Chen, dutifully defending Du Chen.
Seeing Xu Chu's appearance, Yuan Shao's heart sighed a lot, he looked at Xu Chu, and then asked: "The general behind Shaoguan Silang is magnificent, I don't know who this person is. ”
Du Chen looked at Yuan Shao, and then said, "This is Meng De's guard, and Xu Chu is also." ”
Hearing this, Yuan Shao was shocked, he only thought that Wei was Du Chen's guard, but he didn't expect Du Chen to say that this was Meng De's guard, if Xu Chu was really Meng De's guard, then the matter of collecting Xu Chu could only be put on hold.
With Xu Chu's ability, being a general is more than enough, but now he has given up his position as a general and is willing to be one of Meng De's guards, it is obvious that the relationship between Meng De and Si Lang is extraordinary.
Knowing this helpless result, Yuan Shao put away his heart to recruit Xu Chu. Obviously, Xu Chu is not a person who can be recruited lightly. Because Yuan Shao heard that many of the generals of the Cao army were promoted by Du Chen, such as Gao Shun of the Xuanwu Battalion, Xu Huang of the Wuziliang General, and Xu Chu, the guard of Meng De. His stay is definitely closely related to Si Lang in front of him, and if he can recruit Du Chen, Xu Chu will definitely follow.
Thinking of this, Yuan Shao's eyes looking at Du Chen became even more eager. Obviously, there are many benefits to recruiting Du Chen, not only can you get a wizard who commands the army, but you can also get a peerless general, where to find such a good thing.
Seeing Yuan Shao's enthusiastic expression, Du Chen's heart was somewhat cold. If it was a beautiful woman looking at herself so enthusiastically, then Du Chen would be a little fluttering. But now that a man looks at himself with such eyes, Du Chen's mood can be imagined.
However, Du Chen is a well-known person, even though Yuan Shao looked at him with Du Chen's disgusting eyes, he was very indifferent.
After staring at Du Chen for a few moments, Yuan Shao finally withdrew his gaze. Now is not the time to think about this, the most important thing for Yuan Shao now is to eliminate Gongsun Zhan. When Gongsun Chan was not destroyed, his relationship with Cao Jun was definitely still in a gentle period.
"Si Lang, outside the camp, Gongsun Zhan's army is constantly noisy, I don't know if Si Lang has a good way to break the enemy?" Yuan Shao suddenly asked. In the past few days, Yuan Shao has been closed, which makes Gongsun Chan very arrogant, and he keeps shouting, which makes Yuan Shao angry.
Now, the long-awaited reinforcements from Cao's army have finally arrived, and he can finally let go of his hands and feet to fight with Gongsun Zhan. However, Yuan Shao still has a headache for Gongsun Zhan, after all, he has been defeated by Gongsun Chan several times.
Regarding Yuan Shao's question, Du Chen didn't know how to answer him. Du Chen had never fought with Gongsun Zhan, and he had never even met Gongsun Zhan. For Gongsun Zhan's playing style, Du Chen didn't know anything about it.
As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing that the other side can survive a hundred battles, and now that he doesn't know anything about Gongsun Zhan, he doesn't know how to break Gongsun Zhan.
Du Chen has been in battle for a long time, but Du Chen doesn't know much about cavalry. For the contact of the cavalry, in addition to Zhao Yun's thousand white horse righteous followers, that is the White Tiger Battalion of the Cao Army.
The combat effectiveness of the White Horse Servants is indeed strong, not only is their mobility very strong, but also their ability to ride and shoot is unique. If Gongsun Zhan's cavalry is almost the same as that of Baima Yicong, then Gongsun Chan is indeed very strong.
However, for Du Chen, the White Horse Yicong does have a fatal weakness, that is, they are all light horses, although the White Horse Yicong's mobility ability is strong, but its defensive power is a little flattering.
Because of their focus on mobility, they had to abandon bulky armor and wear light leather armor or something. And it is precisely because of this that the defense of the White Horse is weak.
However, for the specific situation, Du Chen has to test it himself. First of all, he must understand the combat characteristics of Gongsun Chan's battle, and secondly, he must also know how powerful Gongsun Chan is. And all of these must be tested by actual combat.
Du Chen looked up at Yuan Shao, then shook his head and said, "Chen led the army to just arrive here, and he doesn't know much about Gongsun Zhan, and he doesn't know how effective Gongsun Zhan's army is. Therefore, Chen is not sure that he will be able to defeat Gongsun Zhan. ”
Hearing Du Chen's words, Yuan Shao nodded. In Yanzhou, Xuzhou and other places where Cao's army is located, there are not many cavalry in reserve, and the way to deal with cavalry, presumably Du Chen will not be very clear. You must know that your command is also capable, but there is still no way to defeat Gongsun Zhan.
"If you want to understand the situation of Gongsun Chan, you still need to fight with it, so that Chen can clearly see how Gongsun Chan's troops are fighting, only in this way can Chen find a way to fight against Gongsun Chan." Du Chen said in a deep voice.
In this regard, Yuan Shao also nodded. Si Lang has just arrived, but he doesn't know how to fight Gongsun Zhan. And since Cao Jun has arrived, there is absolutely no possibility for him to be afraid of Gongsun Zhan.
Without Zhang Yan's support, Gongsun Zhan's strength was far inferior to Cao Jun's alliance with his own army, so now he is full of confidence to deal with Gongsun Zhan. In the next battle, even if it is a one-on-one drag, it can drag Gongsun Chan to death, what else do you have to be afraid of. (To be continued......)