Looking at Xi Zhicai's excited look, Cao Cao was indeed not optimistic and said, "I think Zhang Zhiyuan is very good at leading troops to fight, and it is not easy for him to win." ”

"It's not easy, but it's not like it's not without opportunities. I have investigated by others, the county seat of Gongxian is not tall, although it is said that Li Ru has also strengthened the city here after his arrival, but it is far from being able to withstand the siege and defense of hundreds of thousands of troops, then Zhang Chao will have to fight with us head-on, but where it is the battlefield, who have we been afraid of? ”

Xi Zhicai dared to say this, also because in the process of conquering, Yuzhou, Qingzhou and Xuzhou, Cao Jun was indeed looking down on everything all the way, and it was difficult to meet opponents. Moreover, Cao Cao also brought his most elite 50,000 tiger and leopard cavalry this time, so he dared to say that there was a possibility of reinventing Zhang Chaojun on the frontal battlefield.

Xi Zhicai was very confident in Cao Jun, and he concluded that Zhang Chao would not dare to collide with his real heavy army, so that it would be equivalent to giving other princes the opportunity to march on him, so he made a breakthrough on the frontal battlefield.

Compared with Cao Cao's strategy, after Zhang Chao arrived in Gongxian with a large army, he was disappointed.

Li Ru was standing on the side, saw the disappointed expression on Zhang Chao's face, and hurriedly explained: "Lord, the time we occupy the division is not very long, and there are not enough silver taels, so the work of repairing the city is a little backward. ”

"It's okay, Wenyou, it's not your fault. In fact, not only here, but everywhere under its jurisdiction is not using money? Even if the city is not hard enough, then it is better to start a frontal battle with it, hehe, if it goes well, after this battle, there will be enough strong men to build the city. Zhang Chao said very optimistically.

With Zhang Chao's efforts, the whole territory of Bingzhou has been built very well, not only the city is strong, but also the roads are also accessible in all directions, and all of this is the credit of the prisoners. These people are sinful beings, and they don't need any silver to work, they only need to take care of what they eat.

To say that there have been wars over the years, there have indeed been a lot of prisoners, but Zhang Chao has too many things to build, and it is still not enough. Now that the great war was imminent, he believed that there would be no shortage of prisoners.

Zhang Chao decided to face Cao Cao head-on, and after Guo Jia and Li Ru glanced at each other, they both showed a look of worry.

Zhang Chao didn't let go of this small detail, and said with a smile: "The two military advisors don't have to worry, I know that the Cao army is strong, but we are not vegetarians in the state army." That said, that's the best way to test the strength of our army, isn't it? ”

"The Lord is wise. That is, the Lord has made his own decision, and we should wish the Lord victory in the opening of the banner. Seeing that Zhang Chao decided to do the following, and there was no better way at present, the two military advisors had no choice but to say happy words.

"Hehe, it's not necessarily a victory, but it's hard to lose. Come, summon the generals to a meeting. Zhang Chao said with a heroic look. In fact, fighting Cao Cao in his heart has long been something he has longed for, and now that the war has finally begun, he still has a trace of excitement in his heart.

Two days after Zhang Chao arrived in Gongxian, Cao Cao's 150,000 troops also came to the first ten miles of Gongxian and began to set up camp.

On the third day, that is, in the early morning of the next day, Cao Cao's army began to advance continuously, and after walking for five miles, he finally saw Zhang Chao who had already lined up his troops here. From a distance, hundreds of thousands of people are magnificent, and their formation and scale are far from being expressed in words.

"Zhang Zhiyuan has grown up." Seeing the other party's well-groomed army of the state, Cao Cao couldn't help but say with emotion. Then he smiled and said: "Okay, now that I'm here, I'll go to meet this Zhang Zhiyuan first, I haven't seen him for all these years, and I want to see how he has grown." ”

The armies of both sides began to spread out on this wide ground, and the two main princes, Zhang Chao and Cao Cao, also cavalry, came forward, and their positions in the middle of the two armies were separated from each other.

Cao Cao was wearing a black armor, riding a brown healthy horse, wearing a red robe, and came slowly.

Zhang Chao is still dressed in white clothes, white armor and white cloak, and riding a white crane horse, but he has a sense of fairy wind and bones. As the horses continued to step forward, the distance between the two became closer and closer, and finally they did not stand until they were five meters away.

"Hahaha, Brother Zhiyuan, don't come unharmed." Cao Cao looked at Zhang Chao, who was over thirty years old, and couldn't help but sigh.

I think that at the beginning, when I met Zhang Chao for the first time, the other party had not even reached the year of the weak crown. And now, it's time to stand.

"Brother Meng De, you are getting old. I said that the body is the capital of life's struggle, you have to pay attention to the body. After Zhang Chao saw Cao Cao, he also joked. After all, Cao Cao is much older than him according to his age, and it is reasonable to show his old appearance.

"Well, thank you Brother Zhiyuan for your concern, it's just that you are young and successful, and you should also pay attention to your body." Cao Cao couldn't help but feel a little displeased when he heard the slight sarcasm in Zhang Chao's evidence, and he thought about fighting back.

didn't think about it, and without waiting for him to continue, Zhang Chao over there grabbed the words and said: "Brother Meng De, my body is no problem, I have five beautiful wives in my family, I have enjoyed the blessings of all people, I have children, there are successors, there are many generals, and the territory is enough, which can be described as fragrant and spicy." Of course, the most important thing is that they are very loyal to me and do not have any bad intentions. I'm confident that it won't be a problem to live for thirty or fifty years, but Brother Meng De, the emperor is on the side, so I guess I have to worry about some influence when I do something, hahaha. Don't want to be a courtier again, you still want to be a master, and if you hurt your god while hesitating, it's not good. ”

Zhang Chao bluntly said that Cao Cao had internal problems, and this statement immediately made the latter's face change.

To say that the Son of Heaven ordered the princes, it was indeed that Cao Cao quickly became strong under the banner of the imperial family, but at the same time, there were also drawbacks, that is, because the emperor was on top, which weakened his supreme power, and even some of his people were under the orders of the Son of Heaven. Although he usually seems to have a lot of respect for himself, he believes that these people will do the opposite when he has the opportunity. Because of this, he needs to expend a lot of energy to deal with these locks.

And now, these things have been pointed out by Zhang Chao, where will Cao Cao have a good face to show people.

"Zhang Zhiyuan, are you looking at my jokes? Don't you want to think about whose actions have angered the people today, and have caused so many princes to attack each other, aren't you afraid? ”

"Afraid? Hehe, what's there to be afraid of? It's just a group of rabble, speaking of which, Brother Meng De is barely an enemy, so why should I be afraid of it? Zhang Chao did not waver at all because of Cao Cao's words, but asked the other party in a heroic way.

Zhang Chao's arrogance attracted Cao Cao to look at him in his heart, "What a Zhang Zhiyuan, you are really strong." Do I want to thank you for thinking so much of me? ”

"Brother Meng De doesn't have to be like this, you have proved your ability with real strength. In other words, why should a really strong person care about the eyes of others? Could it be that if others look down on you, your strength will become weaker? Zhang Chao replied with the philosophical method of later generations.

"Haha, Zhiyuan's words make a lot of sense. Well, even if you know how powerful I am, then I don't know if there is another way, which is for us to be friends? For example, although there are many princes today, but as you said, there are not many real heroes, if we can join forces, then where will there be opponents in the world, when the major events are calmed down, we can divide the world, what do you think? ”

For fighting Zhang Chao now, it is not what Cao Cao thinks, if it is possible, he still hopes to persuade the other party to surrender, in this way, his strength will increase exponentially, so that the world is invincible.

"Divide the world equally?" After Zhang Chao heard this word, he laughed, "What? Brother Mengde, do you think you believe this sentence? ”

Zhang Chao's blunt words caused Cao Cao's face to change and said: "In this way, can you only fight?" ”

"If Brother Meng De must attack Luoyang, then this battle will be unavoidable. Of course, you can also go back, and then watch me destroy the other princes, which can be regarded as reducing a certain amount of trouble for your future path. Zhang Chao said without the slightest retreat, on the contrary, he had to persuade Cao Cao to retreat.

"Huh." Cao Cao immediately laughed when he heard this, "Hehehe, what a Zhang Zhiyuan, sure enough, he has sharp teeth, I wait for you to clean up the other princes, I'm afraid that the next thing is to deal with me." ”

"Hey, Brother Meng De is a smart person, in fact, all this is just Zhuge Liang's strategy, he wants us to fight, he is good at reaping the benefits of the fisherman, and the most important thing is to use this time to deal with the internal problems of Jingzhou, if I were you, I should not enter the division now, but take the opportunity to enter Jingzhou. As a friend for many years, I can also do you a favor, I can support Guan Yu's army of 50,000 and create a better environment and conditions for you, how about it? ”

Guo Jia and other strategists have long analyzed that there will be today's battle, but it is all Zhuge Liang's strategy, and he did it to stabilize the situation in Jingzhou.

If you want to say how Zhuge Liang helps Liu Bei, Zhang Chao doesn't care, but the premise is not to provoke himself, but now that he has sent troops to himself first, then this time, he will definitely give him a good look, not to mention anything else, at least Guan Yu He doesn't plan to let go of this way.

Zhang Chao saw Zhuge Liang's strategy, and he believed that Cao Cao could also see it, and now he wanted to join forces to fight.

When facing Liu Bei, Zhang Chao didn't feel anything easier than Cao Cao, he knew that this person had a kind of Xiaoqiang spirit that could not be killed, and he didn't know how many times he was defeated in history, and he didn't have a place to stand several times, but in the end he successfully established the Shu Kingdom, and with this, this person couldn't stay longer.