Although he was temporarily arranged from the position of deputy commander of a legion to a junior general who only commanded 2,000 cavalry, Wen Chou and Yan Liang did not look the slightest bit disappointed, on the contrary, they were still very excited. I want to think what is the heavy cavalry of the Zhang family, it is definitely the most elite force in the world, and now it is an honor to be a general with the army here, haven't you seen that even Lu Bu and General Zhao Yun have not won such an honor?

Wen Chou and Yan Liang were very excited, but they were indeed suffering from the injured Sixth Army Commander Dian Wei.

When he knew that the emperor Zhang Chao wanted to use himself as bait to tempt Cao Cao to appear, Dian Wei became excited, and he even asked for battle with an injury, but his physical condition really did not allow it, and he was rejected by Zhang Chao.

In this regard, Dian Wei was very distressed, he really wanted to protect Zhang Chao, but he knew that with his current physical condition, he was afraid that if it didn't work, it would become a burden, so he had to talk to the deputy army commander Yan Liang and his friend Xu Chu, so they must kill more people for themselves.

After giving several generals time to adapt to the life of the heavy cavalry, seven days after Zhang Chao arrived in Luoyang, 10,000 Zhang's heavy cavalry plus all but only 5,000 warriors of the trapped camp, a total of 15,000 troops marched out of Luoyang and headed straight to the land east of the river.

Fenyin City.

It belongs to Hedong County, but at the same time it is close to the territory of Yongzhou, and it is the territory of Qianghu to the north.

As a suspected three-way area, it is backed by countless large and small mountain ranges, which is a good place to hide. The investigation also proved that Cao Cao was probably active in the mountains of this area.

In fact, Cao Cao is really here. After escaping from Yuzhou, he went out day and night, and carefully all the way finally let him pass through several states and come to the land east of the river.

The reason why he chose to settle here is, in Cao Cao's words, that is, the most dangerous place is also the safest, and this place is not far from Bingzhou, so he can seize more opportunities to deal with Zhang Chao, and the land east of the river is rich in iron weapons, which also has many benefits for his strong cavalry.

This is why, after Cao Cao appeared here, he would attack Anyi, the seat of governance in Hedong.

After a few sorties, he did grab a lot of good things, or if he was later killed by General Zhang Liang and the tiger and leopard cavalry who guarded the east of the river, he would have stayed here for a while longer.

Now in a mountain range a few miles outside Fenyin City, Cao Cao was trapped here.

It's not necessarily that you're sleepy, at least it's not that there's no way to live, like crossing the mountains into the Qianghu region is also a way out, and with the elite of the tiger and leopard riders, such a thing is not impossible.

It's just that Cao Cao didn't want to do this, he was born in the Han Dynasty and grew up in the Han Dynasty, and he didn't want to leave it. And he's also old, so he doesn't think that if he goes to the Qianghu region now, he can really control it. It was just his last resort.

But whenever there is a chance, Cao Cao still wants to rise in the Han Realm, of course, this rise also has to be divided into a time, that is, the Celestial Empire needs chaos to do it, and if you want to achieve this goal, Zhang Chao must die.

In Cao Cao's view, Zhang Chao is his great enemy in life, and if this person does not die, his goals and ideals will not be realized, so he can kill Zhang Chao in his dreams now. And now, the opportunity has come.

The scout sent outside had already returned, and the emperor of the Celestial Empire, Zhang Chao, was coming in the direction of Fenyin City with 10,000 heavy cavalry and 5,000 trapped camps.

It is definitely not a coincidence that Zhang Chao will suddenly appear here, there is no important town here, it is said that he will not come here even if he comes to inspect as the emperor of a country, not to mention, he has just experienced a big war and needs to recuperate.

Therefore, Cao Cao analyzed that this was Zhang Chao's plan to lure the enemy, to put it bluntly, it was to lure himself out.

Cao Cao had already expected that his hiding place might be discovered, and he was in the mountains with 30,000 people, and it was impossible not to be discovered, but they didn't find their exact location, and they didn't have the confidence to defeat themselves at one time.

Presumably, for wanting to kill Zhang Chao, the other party also wants to kill himself. That's why he took this risk and appeared near Fenyin.

"Have you sent someone to check it carefully? This time, Zhang Zhiyuan really only brought 15,000 people? Yang Xiu, the strategist who was following Cao Cao, was shocked when he heard the news, but asked equally excitedly.

"Yes, only fifteen thousand. And we have also looked around for two hundred miles, and we have not found the existence of the army of the Celestial Empire. The scout captain who reported was also very confident when he talked about this, he was Cao Cao's favorite scout captain.

"Okay, you've worked hard, but don't be careless, you still need to investigate, if there is any trouble, report it in time." Cao Cao waved his hand and told the scout captain to retreat, and then his eyes looked at the few people in his makeshift tent.

There are not many people left by Cao Cao's side now, but they are indeed elite. For example, Wenchen has Cheng Yu and Yang Xiu; The generals include Cao Zhang, Wen Ping, Cao Xiu, Zhu Ling and others.

These are all people who can survive in several wars, and they are also the existence that Cao Cao can rely on now.

Looking at these people, Cao Cao said: "You may be able to see that this is clearly Zhang Chao knowing that Lone is around here, and this is to tempt Lone to go out." Although Lone doesn't know where he got such confidence, he can't help but admit that this is definitely an opportunity, let's talk about it, whether this battle should be fought, and how to fight if so. ”

Even though we know it's a bait, no one wants to pass up such an opportunity.

The reason why an opportunity is called an opportunity is because it also has a certain degree of success and rationality.

"Fight, of course we have to fight, if we don't seize such an opportunity, I'm afraid there will be no such opportunity in the future, saying that we can't hide here for a lifetime, let alone go to the land of Qianghu to survive." The first to speak was Cao Cao's son, Cao Zhang.

originally thought that as long as he behaved well, he could inherit the throne of King Wei. But I never thought that if the ideal had not been realized, the Wei State would be gone.

Ever since he entered the mountain range, Cao Zhang's mood has been very low, because he can't see much hope. But now Zhang Chao's arrival has rekindled the flame of hope in his heart.

Just imagine, if Zhang Chao can be killed this time, will the Heavenly Dynasty be in chaos, and will Wei have a chance to rise again? If this is the case, does it mean that he will become the king of Wei again?

Thinking that one day, he can realize his ideals, where can Cao Zhang not be excited?

It is with this idea that Cao Zhang is definitely going to fight, and even he has already thought about it, even if his father does not agree, this time he will be killed by the military court with the army, because this is the only opportunity and hope in his life.

Cao Zhang had just expressed his opinion, and several other generals also echoed it. Obviously, they didn't want to leave here to go to the land of Qianghu, and Zhang Chao's appearance seemed to be the only chance not to leave.

In fact, not only the generals, even Yang Xiu and Cheng Yu also have the same idea, they don't want to go to Qianghu, after all, there are too many unknowns there, if they die there, it will be equivalent to burying their bones in another country, which is absolutely unacceptable to them.

Just asked, everyone had a common decision, which let Cao Cao know that this battle would not be fought or not. Even if he is still the king of Wei now, he can't stop this battle, and once everyone is dissatisfied with him and deviates from morality, then he won't be able to live.

As a result, Cao Cao was even more impressed by Zhang Chao, this person didn't know where he was, but it seemed that he had already calculated everything, and he could only make a move. In this way, is the other party different and defensive?

Thinking that Zhang Chao would be on guard, Cao Cao said to everyone: "Okay, I also agree to fight this battle, but presumably Zhang Zhiyuan will think that we will appear here, so Gu suspects that he must have hidden ambushes on the periphery, but because the distance is too far, we can't find it." Fortunately, the news just now also said that there is no Celestial Empire army within two hundred miles of the surrounding area, so even if he has an ambush, once the big war starts, we will have at least two days to start, so tell me, is there enough time? ”

"That's enough." Still Cao Zhang patted his chest and said. They have 30,000 people, all of them are elites, and with this, Zhang Chao, who has only half of the troops, has two days to go, and he is obviously very confident.

"Okay, that's it, let's go back and prepare." Cao Cao knew that he had to break the axe and fight at this moment, otherwise, he was afraid that he would not find such a good opportunity in his lifetime. If he wins, he will have the opportunity to rise, and if he loses, he will have to pay the price of his life, and he will not be on the run at that time, or there is no escape.

More than 100 miles outside Fenyin City, it is quite close to the boundary of Yongzhou at this moment, and you can reach the land of Qianghu by passing through the mountains in front.

When he walked here, Zhang Chao looked at the uneven terrain around him, and then stretched out his hand and pointed to a place that was bulging like a mountain bag and said, "If you pass the decree, you will camp here." ”

"No." The head of the guard, Xu Chu, opened his mouth and said yes to pass the order, beside Zhang Chao, he didn't need to do anything to ask why, as long as he obeyed the order.

Soon, the army stopped, began to camp on the mountain bag, and that night, all the camp tents were stationed, and the generals also came to the big tent according to the order, knelt down in front of Zhang Chao and shouted long live.

"This is a barracks, no need to be so polite, everyone should take a seat." Zhang Chao looked at his generals, smiled and said to the chief of the guard, Xu Chu: "Zhongkang, go and bring the good wine I brought to the generals to taste." ”