Liu An killed his wife in order to follow Liu Bei's appearance, and at this time, he was overjoyed when he heard Liu Bei's invitation. But he didn't agree immediately, but said: "The villain originally wanted to follow the emperor's uncle, but the old mother was unserved in the hall and didn't dare to travel far, and only when there was a place to settle the old mother in the future would she dare to go to the emperor's uncle." ”

The ancients put filial piety first, and when Liu Bei heard that Liu An still had to serve his mother, he immediately felt that this person was loyal and filial. Untied the sword and gave it to Liu Andao: "This sword is my belongings, you can put it away, and you can have a certificate if you are compatible in the future." After saying thank you, he said goodbye and shed tears on the horse.

Liu An held the sword in his hand, and watched Liu Bei go away, and his heart was ecstatic. He didn't follow Liu Bei at this time, not really for his mother, but for other reasons. First, at this time, they were too eager to get along, and it seemed that they killed their wives in exchange for fame, and they were inevitably despised and despised by Liu Bei. The second is that Liu Bei is down, and at this time, it is inevitable that the road will be difficult and dangerous, and maybe he will die without gaining fame. The third is to show his loyalty and filial piety, so that Liu Bei is even more moved. At this time, Liu An had already made up his mind that as long as Liu Bei could run from time to time, he would kill his mother and definitely go alike.

But said that Liu Bei said goodbye to Liu An after passing through Qingzhou to Jizhou to see Yuan Shao, Liu Bei saw Yuan Shao and begged Yuan Shao to send troops, crying and said to Yuan Shao: "Now my brother doesn't know the news, his wife is trapped in Cao thief, I can't serve the country, I can't protect my family, and I hope Bixia will save him quickly." ”

Yuan Shao heard that Liu Bei, the imperial uncle, said that he was very happy at that time, so he said: "Xuande doesn't have to worry, I want to go to Xuchang for a long time, and now it is just right to raise troops." After that, he summoned the civil and military forces to discuss the march.

Xun Chen said: "Before Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, Xuchang was empty and did not enter the army. Now that Xuzhou has been broken, Cao's morale is booming, and the enemy cannot be underestimated. It is better to wait for the opportunity and wait for a gap before sending troops. ”

Yuan Shao saw that the strategists persuaded him not to send troops, and when he returned home, he asked Liu Bei: "Everyone persuaded me to stick to it, what does Xuande think?" ”

Liu Bei waited for Yuan and Cao Xiang to attack the fire, so he could quickly rescue Guan, Zhang Erjiang and the family, how could he persuade Yuan Shao to hold on? So he said: "There is a way that there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters for the people." Cao Cao hijacked the first emperor to restore the throne just for his own selfishness, although it was called the Han family, it was actually controlled by Cao Cao. The people are ignorant and do not know the reason, they will think that the Han family is orthodox and Bixia is a pseudo-emperor, but they do not know that the throne of Bixia is from Chan, and there is a jade seal with a good name. Cao Cao is such a thief who deceives the king and the people, if Bixia does not ask for it, he is afraid that he will lose his righteousness in the world for a long time. In addition, Cao Cao is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, which can compete with Bixia in the north, and Sun Ce, Liu Biao, and Liu Zhang in the south. Now that Bixia has more soldiers than Cao Cao, it is a good opportunity to defeat Cao. If it takes a long time, Cao Cao will win the land of Jing and Yang and then compete with Bixia, and it is difficult to predict whether he will win or lose. ”

What Yuan Shao hates the most is that others don't recognize him as the emperor, and now he listens to Liu Bei and says that it really makes sense, as long as he crusades against Cao Cao and catches Liu Xie, who dares to say that he is a pseudo-emperor? And geographically, Yuan Shao now only borders Cao Cao and Gongsun Du of Liaodong. Gongsun Du has always been obedient to Yuan Shao, so if Yuan Shao wants to expand his territory, he can only crusade against Cao Cao. Then he said to Liu Bei: "Xuande's words are very good! ”

The next day, Yuan Shaosheng announced that he would send troops to attack Cao. Zhong Wenwu wondered in his heart, and secretly thought: Didn't you send troops yesterday? Why do you have to send troops today? Several counselors advised again. Yuan Shao said angrily: "You almost made me lose my righteousness!" ”

Now that Tian Feng and Fu Zhu have voted for Nan Ye, although Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Xun Chen, and Xu Yu are loyal, they are not strong and dead people, and they all have their own plans, so they no longer persuade each other. Yuan Shao once again recruited 100,000 troops and horses to increase his troops in Guandu, and sent Yan Liang as the vanguard to attack Baima.

Xu You persuaded Yuan Shaodao: "Although Yan Liang is brave, he has no strategy and cannot be alone. ”

Yuan Shao was very confident in Yan Liang's martial arts and had a very good relationship with Yan Liang, so he said: "I can break the enemy by myself, and I don't need you to wait for long-windedness." So he did not listen to anyone.

Yan Liang's army sent to Liyang, and Cao Ren, who was stationed in Guandu, immediately reported to Xuchang. Cao Cao hurriedly convened the generals to discuss the raising of troops, and Guan Yu was anxious to repay the favor, so he said: "The prime minister raised troops, and a certain wish was the front." ”

Cao Cao remembered what Nan Ye had said before, and was just about to nod his head in agreement, Cheng Yu said: "The vanguard in the front is repairing bridges and paving roads, and they don't dare to bother General Guan." He also asked the general to protect the prime minister, and then asked the general to come out when the war was urgent. ”

Guan Yu was already arrogant, and when he heard that Cheng Yu meant that good steel was used on the blade, he didn't say anything more and retired first. Cao Cao couldn't help but ask Cheng Yu, "Why don't you let Yun Chang come out of the battle?" ”

Cheng Yu said in a low voice: "There is a detailed report, Liu Bei may have fled to Yuan Shao's place." If Yun Chang is a pioneer and is meeting his brother, wouldn't he rebel? The prime minister may wish to order Yun Chang to accompany the army, and when he finds out that the opponent is not Liu Bei, he will be ordered to go out again, if he can kill the enemy general, Liu Bei will be killed by Yuan Shao, and Yun Chang will be returned to the prime minister. ”

Cao Cao nodded when he heard this, and led his troops to Guandu, with Nan Ye and Guan Yu accompanying the army. Nan Ye couldn't help but watch Cao Cao's morale and appearance when he followed Cao Cao's army, but he was disappointed when he saw it. Cao Cao's lineup of soldiers and horses is not to mention that compared with the trap camp he brought, it is also inferior to ordinary Jiaozhou soldiers, whether it is equipment or the quality of soldiers, it is obviously inferior to Jiaozhou elite soldiers, and it is stronger than those bandits and grass robbers.

Nan Ye couldn't help but think secretly: If Cao Cao's soldiers and horses are all weak like this, I don't know how weak Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses will become. As everyone knows, the people and horses of the princes in the world all win by quantity, and none of them win by quality, only Nan Ye uses the elite army policy. Most of Nanye's Jiaozhou soldiers are between twenty and forty years old, and they must be strong to enlist, and they can only go into battle after at least one year of training. And the other princes are all coming, and there are old, weak and remnant soldiers, how can they be compared with the men and horses under Nan Ye's command?

Cao Cao and his generals couldn't help but observe Nanye's soldiers and horses, whether it was Nanye's personal guards or the soldiers in the camp, they all had horses, and even if they were riding on horses, they could keep their pace neat and uniform, even Ma Yunluo's 100 female soldiers were no exception, which made people feel the military morale at first sight. This made Cao Cao feel envious, and he also had the idea of forming an elite army.

Nan Ye arrived at Guandu to know that the battle line between Cao and Yuan was very long, Guandu was only one of the ferries, and several other ferries such as Liyang, Baima, and Yanjin were the focus of contention between the two sides. Both sides wanted to hold the ferry and wait for the other side to attack halfway through. Yuan Shao's army was mainly hoarded in Liyang, north of the river, while Cao Cao's army was mainly hoarded in Guandu, south of the river.

Yan Liang led an army of 100,000 to attack Baima and had already crossed the river. Cao Cao divided his troops to guard the rest of the ferries, and on the other hand, he led 50,000 soldiers and horses to fight Yan Liang.

Cao Cao and Nan Ye stood on top of a dirt mountain and looked at the Pingchuan wilderness in front of the mountain, and saw 100,000 soldiers and horses in front of Yan Liang lined up in formation, and at a glance it looked boundless.

When Yan Liang saw Cao Cao's soldiers coming, he stepped out and shouted, "Who dares to come forward to fight me?" ”

The generals under Nan Ye knew that Yuan Shao had sent Yan Liang and Wen Chou to intercept and kill Nan Ye, and they all asked for battle. Nan Ye knew that this battle was due to his own feathers, and he didn't need to risk his own people, so he ordered the generals to wait for a good show.

Cao Cao's subordinate Wang Zhong was almost killed last time when he failed to persuade Guan Yu, and he failed to make up for his merits.

Yan Liang's embroidered robe and golden armor horizontal knife immediately appeared in front of the battle, and when he saw Wang Zhongma, he shouted loudly and came to greet him. The two couldn't fight three times, and Yan Liang raised his sword and beheaded Wang Zhong.

Cao Cao was shocked when he saw this: "What a brave general! It's a pity that Zhongkang is not here. "It turned out that Cao Cao, Guan Yu and Nan Ye, and the generals sent Xu Chu to defend elsewhere.

As soon as Cao Cao's words fell, one person next to him was angered, it was the one-eyed general Xiahoudun. I only heard Xiahou said: "Why is the lord using Zhongkang to be here, watch me capture this person." "Raise your gun and go out to fight Yan Liang.

Xiahoudun's martial arts are not weak, but compared with Yan Liang, he is a line behind, the two of them fought with knives and guns for less than fifty rounds, and Xiahoudun was defeated by Yan Liang and wanted to return to his own formation. Where is Yan Liang willing to put it? Timas chased. Seeing that Xiahoudun was getting closer and closer to Cao's army's main formation, and Yan Liang was getting closer and closer to Xiahoudun, an arrow suddenly shot straight to Yan Liang's door.

Yan Liang looked at the six roads, and when he saw the arrow coming to the horse, he dodged, and the feather arrow flew past Yan Liang's ear, scaring Yan Liang into a cold sweat, and Xiahoudun also took the opportunity to return to his own position. When Yan Liang looked into Cao Cao's array, he saw Xiahou Yuan holding a bow in his hand, pressing Xiahou Yuan into the array. Yan Liang couldn't help but scolded: "What kind of skill is it to hurt people with secret arrows? If you have the guts, you will go out and fight me for 300 rounds! He shouted and retreated his horse, and he was afraid that Xiahou Yuan would release the arrow again, and he would not stop until the arrow in the formation could not reach it.

Xiahou Yuan knew that his martial arts were almost the same as his brother Xiahoudun, and he was not provoked by Yan Liang. Cao Cao saw that there was no one under his command who was invincible, so he said to Guan Yu: "Yan Liang's soldiers and horses are strong and brave, can Yun Chang dare to fight?" ”

Guan Yu heard Cao Cao praise Yan Liang, and snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "I see Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses like local chickens and tile dogs, and Yan Liang is like inserting a label to sell the head." ”

Cao Cao said: "Yun Chang can't be underestimated!" If you can't win, come back quickly, and I'll let Miaocai fight with you. ”

How arrogant is Guan Yu's temper? The more Cao Cao said that he couldn't do it, the more he was unconvinced, and directly picked up his knife and got on the horse and said: "Although a certain person is not talented, he is willing to take Yan Liang's head and present it to the prime minister." After saying that, the phoenix's eyes widened, the silkworm eyebrows straightened, and he lifted the Qinglong Yanyue Knife upside down, and ran down the mountain to go straight to Yan Liang.

Yan Liang saw that Cao Cao had sent another general out of the battle, but it was not Xiahou Yuan, who had just shot an arrow, so he shouted and asked, "Who are you?" Get your name in! ”

At this time, Guan Yu's claw under the crotch Huang Feidian had already raised his speed, and he was rushing down the mountain from the top of the hill, his momentum was like a rolling stone and thunder, and he couldn't stop at all, and he didn't have time to take Yan Liang to raise his knife and split.

Yan Liang was caught off guard and hurriedly raised his knife to resist. In normal times, it is not difficult to block Guan Yu with Yan Liang's strength and martial arts. But at this time, he was standing in place and resisting in a panic, and Guan Yu used horsepower to slash with a heavy knife, so that Yan Liang was a little weaker. In addition, Yan Liangshicai also spent some effort to fight with Xiahoudun, which was two points weaker. Thirdly, Yan Liang won two battles, and he didn't know that Guan Yu was powerful, and he was a little careless, so he was three points weaker.

Yan Liang, who was originally inferior to Guan Yu in martial arts, was three points weaker, where was Guan Yu's opponent? Although he barely blocked Guan Yu's blade with the blade, his strength could not stop Guan Yu's horse from sinking quickly, and his arms were weak and he didn't hold Guan Yu's big knife, and he was slashed under the horse by Guan Yu.