On the bank of the Yellow River, an army of nearly 20,000 people, dressed in dark blue battle clothes, lined up in a neat line and silently watched the red-clad army on the opposite bank slowly cross the river.

The 20,000 officers and soldiers wearing dark blue battle suits lined up in a very neat phalanx, whether they were in vertical or horizontal columns, as if they were straightened by a straight line, and there was no difference in the slightest.

At the forefront of this army was a tall general about twenty-five or sixteen years old.

The general straightened his waist and held the reins of the war horse in one hand, looked at Liu Weijun who was crossing the river, and said to another general beside him who was about the same size as him, but was much younger than him: "Man Cheng, that King Hongnong is also really good, before our army crossed the river, he broke Zhang Ji, Cao Gong originally wanted to keep him in this Hanoi for a longer time, it seems that it is not possible!" ”

Riding a jujube red horse on the side, only about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a somewhat immature military general on his face, it was Li Dian who was ordered to assist Xiahoudun this time, and the general who spoke, needless to say, knew that he was Xiahoudun undoubtedly.

"him!" Li Dian pursed his lips, looked at Liu Weijun, who had already crossed the river on the other side of the riverbank, and said to Xiahoudun: "King Hongnong has already given Hanoi to Duke Cao, and now Hanoi, Yingchuan, and Dongjun are all in the hands of Duke Cao. ”

Xiahoudun didn't speak again, just nodded, and his eyes fell on the fiery army of King Hongnong on the opposite side.

Ferry boats came from opposite sides of the river, and on each ferry, there were dense numbers of officers and soldiers of Liu Wei.

On the first ferry, leading a group of Pu Dao soldiers to land, the first to land was Dian Wei, who was as stocky as an iron tower with a double halberd.

As soon as the ferry docked, Dian Wei strode to the shore, holding two halberds in his hands, and stared at Xiahoudun and Li Dian who were still riding on horseback in the leading formation.

"Phew! Your Highness is here, what is the intention of the two little generals sitting on their horses? There were more and more officers and soldiers of Liu Wei who came ashore, and Xiahoudun and Li Dian, who were on horseback not far from Dian Wei Dynasty, raised their chins and shouted.

Hearing Dian Wei shout like this, Xiahou Dun frowned, and was about to reply to him, when Li Dian on the side glanced at him and jumped off the horse first.

Seeing Li Dian's eyes, although Xiahou was very unhappy with Dian Wei in his heart, he did not have a seizure, jumped off the horse with Li Dian, and walked quickly towards Dian Wei on the bank of the river.

"Dare to ask this general!" Before Dian Wei approached, Xiahoudun and Li Dian clasped their fists and saluted Dian Wei, and Li Dian said, "When will His Royal Highness King Hongnong cross the riverbank?" ”

"What about Cao Cao?" Arching towards the two of them with both hands clenched into fists, Dian Wei did not answer their questions, but asked them angrily: "Your Highness is here, why don't you see him come to greet them in person?" ”

Asked about Cao Cao, Dian Wei's attitude was very arrogant, Xiahoudun and Li Dian glanced at each other, and both of them frowned slightly.

However, considering that Dian Wei is a military general under Liu Wei, Liu Wei is a royal blood after all, even if Cao Cao came in person, he would have to give him three points of courtesy, and the two of them did not attack the anger under strong pressure.

"I will get the news at the end, Cao Gong has set off from Xu County this morning, and he should be able to arrive at noon tomorrow!" Xiahoudun's temper was short-tempered, and Li Dian was afraid that he would eventually make trouble if he talked too much to the rough man in front of him, so he hurriedly took the conversation over and said to Dian Wei: "The two of us were ordered by Cao Gong to come to the aid of His Royal Highness King Hongnong to repel Zhang Ji. I don't want His Highness to plan too much, the soldiers under his command are also incomparably powerful, and before I can arrive, Zhang Ji has already been defeated......"

Li Dian's words were very useful to Dian Wei's ears. When they just landed on the shore, most of the unhappiness caused by the two of them riding on their horses and not dismounting to greet each other also dissipated. He smiled and said to Li Dian: "You little general, you have some eyesight!" My Royal Highness is strategizing, how can it be compared to mere Zhang Ji? Don't say one Zhang Ji, even if there are ten Zhang Ji, as long as His Royal Highness is here, a certain pair of halberds will also split them all! ”

There are more and more soldiers of Liu Bianjun crossing the river by ferry, and the soldiers who have crossed the river have consciously lined up on the bank of the river.

On the riverbed, Liu Wei, dressed in military uniform, stood at the bow of the ferry with his hands behind his back, looking at the opposite riverbank.

On the edge of the opposite riverbank, there are many fine sands, and a little further away from the riverbed, there are patches of jagged rocks. Farther away, there is a flat land that is scorched and scorched, and almost no grass grows.

Lined up in a phalanx with their backs to the craggy rocks were the soldiers of Liu Bianjun who had landed earlier and were waiting in formation, and a little farther away was the array of Cao Cao's army wearing dark blue military uniforms.

From a distance, Cao Cao's army was much more neat than Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army. In terms of the neatness of the array alone, even compared with Liu Wei's army, it is not far behind.

The ferry slowly approached the riverbank, and when the bow of the boat touched the soft riverbank, the hull shook violently.

With the shaking of the hull of the boat, Liu Wei, who was standing on the bow of the boat, stumbled under his feet, and his body tilted to one side. Two soldiers standing behind him hurriedly stepped forward and held him on the left and right.

Stabilizing his figure, Liu Wei waved his hand at the two pro-soldiers. The two soldiers holding his arms let go of their hands, clenched their fists and took a step back, re-establishing themselves behind Liu Wei.

After the ferry docked, several soldiers jumped onto the river beach and pulled the ferry's cable vigorously to fix the ferry on the shore.

When the ferry stabilized, Liu Wei, who was standing at the bow of the boat, jumped onto the shore, pressed the hilt of the sword with one hand, and walked towards Xiahoudun and Li Dian, who were standing with Dian Wei.

"The last general, Xiahoudun, has seen His Highness!" As soon as the two approached, Xiahoudun, the commander of the Cao army who came to reinforce, knelt on the ground with his fists and gave Liu Wei a salute.

"The last general, Li Dian, has seen His Highness!" As soon as Xiahoudun knelt down, Li Dian on the side also knelt on the ground with his fists clenched and bowed to Liu Wei.

"Two generals work hard!" These two people were brave generals who followed Cao Cao in the early days, and Liu Wei knew that even if he treated them politely, it would be impossible to recruit them to the tent, so he didn't try too deliberately to help them, but just raised his hand towards them, and asked indifferently: "I don't know if Gong Cao will come here?" ”

"Back to Your Highness!" After the two got up, Xiahou dun clasped his fists and bowed to Liu Wei and said, "Gong Cao heard that His Highness had crossed the river, so he led his army to leave Xu County this morning and came to greet His Highness. ”

"Cao Gong is loyal and righteous, but he is a big man!" The corners of Liu Wei's mouth tugged slightly, and he said to Xiahoudun and Li Dian: "When this king first came here, the army was short of food and grass, and I hope that the two generals will talk to Cao Gong and allocate some grain and grass nearby!" ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for the two to answer, turned his head and said to Dian Wei: "Advance ten miles, stay away from the Yellow River, and find an open place to camp." ”

After instructing Dian Wei, Liu Wei turned to look at the officers and soldiers who were crossing the Yellow River, and ignored Xiahoudun and Li Dian, who looked at each other and didn't know how to respond to the matter of grain and grass.

Xiahoudun and Li Dian were only ordered to come here to reinforce Liu Bian, and the original order they received was to garrison in Juan County, send troops to guard the ferry, and only use a small number of soldiers and horses to cross the river to assist Liu Bian to meet Zhang Ji.

But what they and Cao Cao didn't expect was that it only took two days for Liu Bianjun to defeat Zhang Ji with the assistance of the Hanoi army and drive Zhang Ji to the area of Xiaoxiuwu.

Especially in the morning, Zhao Yun led the cavalry to surprise the sneak attack, which caught Zhang Ji off guard, and withdrew a lot to the northeast.

Cao Cao hurriedly ordered Xiahoudun and Li Dian to advance to the bank of the Yellow River at full speed to welcome Liu Bian's army across the river, so as not to cause Liu Bian's embarrassment that he had already crossed the river and the Cao army that came to support was not in place.

Xi Zhicai's strategy was originally after getting rid of Wang Kuang, Cao Cao secretly started to take Hanoi into his own possession, what surprised him was that Wang Kuang had just died, and Cao Cao had not had time to secretly attack Hanoi, and the documents appointed by Liu Wei to Cao Cao to take charge of Hanoi had already been delivered.

Near Xinzheng, an army of more than 10,000 people is rapidly advancing northward.

Leading this army all the way, Cao Cao didn't dare to delay even a moment. Different from the Han clan he had come into contact with in the past, Liu Wei's identity was even more special to him.

Dong Zhuo abolished Emperor Liu Wei and supported Liu Xie, which caused many heroes in the world to be dissatisfied. Especially Yuan Shao of Jizhou, he has always refused to recognize Liu Xie's name as emperor.

At this time, as long as Liu Wei raised his arms and announced his return to the throne, the heroes with heavy troops in various places would definitely respond in groups, in Cao Cao's view, snubbing Liu Wei was watching a credit slip away from his fingers.

"King Hongnong ceded Hanoi to the Ming Duke, but he was advancing by retreating, intending to rein in the Ming Duke, and his ambition was not small!" Following behind Cao Cao, while riding his horse and galloping, Xi Zhicai said to Cao Cao: "Zhang Ji's department, although it is not the most elite of the Xiliang army, is not a weak army that will be defeated in a battle. King Hongnong only used two days to drive him to the area of Xiaoxiuwu, which shows that his military strength is quite strong, and the Ming Duke should plan it early! ”

"Tuzhi?" As soon as Xi Zhicai's words fell, Cao Cao turned his head to look at him and asked, "This world belongs to their Liu family, who dares to take him?" Don't you want to be the second Dong Zhuo? ”

"Definitely!" Xi Zhicai shook his head, rode forward with Cao Cao, and said in a low voice: "King Hongnong is no better than the current emperor, the emperor is weak, and he has no army and no strong ministers in his hands, so he can only be at the mercy of Dong Zhuo. And there are 100,000 elite soldiers under the command of King Hongnong, if he competes with him, the army in the east of the river will be exhausted, even Ming Gong may not be able to parry! ”

"How's that going to be?" Cao Cao furrowed his brows slightly, and asked Xi Zhicai, "Does Zhicai have a good plan?" ”

"I implore King Hongnong to return to the throne!" While moving forward quickly, Xi Zhicai whispered to Cao Cao: "As long as King Hongnong promises, the Ming Duke can announce to the world and re-establish a new king." If King Hongnong reascends the throne, the hero will definitely come to submit, and then the Ming Duke is the person who commands the world, isn't it more than one person and ten thousand people? ”

After listening to Xi Zhicai's words, Cao Cao's eyes rolled, a smug smile appeared on his face, and he said to him: "Zhicai's words are deeply in line with a certain meaning." When he met King Hongnong in person, he begged him to return to the throne. Dong Zhuo is an old thief, he is in trouble with the country and seeks the dynasty, and he will be punished! ”