Since the year before last, he defeated Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang in Xuzhou, and captured Yuan Shu's generals Ji Ling and Zhang Xun. Zhang Liao, the leader of the Qingxu Army, has not had the opportunity to learn martial arts with others for a long time, and he has fought wits and courage.

It's not that Zhang Liao has changed his personality and doesn't like to fight with others now, but his reputation as a "smiling tiger" is too loud, and none of the forces next to Cao Cao, Liu Yan, Yuan Shu and Sun Jian in Xuzhou want to provoke him.

Among the "Five Tigers of the Party", Guan Yu is the bravest, Xu Huang is the most stable, Zhao Xing is the most domineering, Zhao Yun is the sharpest, and Zhang Liao is unanimously considered the most "traitorous" by everyone. This guy who can squeeze oil and water out of the stone is really slippery and slippery like a cement loach, making it difficult to find any flaws, let alone pick up anything cheap from him.

Among the six major legions of the Protector Army, the location of the Xuzhou Legion is the place of the four wars, and it is also the place where contradictions and conflicts are most likely to break out, but Zhao Xing allocated the least number of troops to Zhang Liao, and the generals equipped with them are not as famous as other legions, and what is even more outrageous is that Zhang Liao has not been equipped with a large army division. But even so, Zhang Liao is still thriving in Xuzhou now, and it seems that his small life is quite prosperous.

In fact, the Xuzhou Legion was far from being as weak as it appeared to be. Regardless of the fact that the 30,000 dragoons were a strong army brought out of scratch by Zhang Liao, just the two new-generation army commanders under Zhang Liao, Li Tiezhu and Guan Ping, were definitely not something that outsiders could measure with ordinary thinking. If you have to make an evaluation of Li Tiezhu and Guan Ping, then it should be the most accurate to call them "simplified" Zhao Xing.

Why is it said that Li Tiezhu and Guan Ping are "simplified" versions of Zhao Xing? Because from the very beginning of their contact with and study of military theoretical knowledge, they have accepted Zhao Xing's advanced military concepts and comprehensive training that blended the experience of later generations with the present era, and they are far from being able to measure their strength or weakness by ordinary people's eyes and ordinary standards.

Two "simplified" versions of Zhao Xing, plus one "enhanced" version of Zhang Liao, are enough to deal with many seemingly powerful enemies. If there are only these advantages, the Xuzhou Legion is nothing, the key is that there is a huge Mi Consortium standing behind the Xuzhou Legion, and there is also the strong support of the Chen Deng family, which is what really makes people feel jealous.

Although the Qinghuai Army of the Xuzhou Legion has been in existence for a very short time, and it has only been a year since it was fully fought, the combat effectiveness of this new unit should not be underestimated. Because the Dragoon Army was led by Li Tiezhu, Zhang Liao and Guan Ping devoted almost all their time and efforts to forging and polishing this new army.

In order to improve the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the troops, Zhang Liao also rubbed against the Qingzhou Army close to Xuzhou from time to time, and cheekily asked the fourth brother Zhao Yun to be Gao Shun, and asked the commander of the Donglai Army to leave his troops and not train, and ran to Xuzhou to help him train his troops. There is no way, who made Gao Shun, the former head of the training regiment, too famous, and the hundreds of thousands of troops trained by him are really easy to use, so it is no wonder that Zhang Liao will "rub oil" with Zhao Yun.

Because this army is the local force to defend Xuzhou, and most of the soldiers are from the East China Sea and Xiapi, the Mi family in the East China Sea spares no effort to support the Qinghuai Army. From the very beginning of the army, the Qinghuai Army used the same level of weapons and equipment as the Xiongwu Army, which can be said to have entered a well-off society in one step. Except for the Shenhuo Battalion, which is not currently equipped with advanced firearms and equipment, the rest of the Qingyishui "Crouching Tiger" is quite magnificent.

Mi Fang, the second son of the Mi family, that is, Zhao Xing's younger brother-in-law, has now got what he wanted, not only joined the ranks of the Protector Army with honor, but also because of his strength, he was also promoted by Zhang Liao to the commander of the third division of the Qinghuai Army, commanding 5,000 soldiers.

Today's Xuzhou, the internal affairs are still presided over by Tao Qian, and the military affairs are fully managed by Zhang Liao, although it looks a little awkward, and even unjustifiable, but as long as Tao Qian does not raise objections, other forces, including the imperial court, are also very consciously shut up. In these years, the man with soldiers and money in his hands is the uncle, if anyone is not convinced, there is a kind of fight with Zhang Wenyuan, and it is guaranteed to give you unforgettable memories for a lifetime.

Zhang Liao set up the base camp of the Xuzhou Army in Huailing City, two hundred miles south of Xiapi, which not only saved Tao Qian's face, but also took into account the defense in the direction of Xiapi, and also deterred Yuan Shu in the southwest direction of Xuzhou, and also strengthened the connection with Sun Jian in the south of the Yangtze River.

Today's Xuzhou, there are still parts of the area that have not been recovered, although the area is not large, but it is a strategic point to Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Yangzhou.

For example, Hexiang, Chengxian, Yinping, Changxi, Qixian and other places in Donghai County, Xuzhou, were still occupied by Cao Cao's vanguard generals Li Dian and Man Chong. Although these two generals are not famous, they are both wise generals with real materials, and they are not so easy to deal with.

Wuxian and Ningqiu in Pengchengguo, Xuzhou are now in the hands of Liu Yan in Yuzhou, and Chen Zhi and Jiao Touch are responsible for garrisoning. Although Liu Yan's own martial arts are third-rate, Chen Zhi, whom he entrusted with reuse, is really a good general, and he can cope with Li Tiezhu's endless various means.

Dongcheng County, which was wedged into Jiujiang County in Yangzhou by Xiapi State in Xuzhou, and Tangyi County, which was adjacent to Jiujiang County in Guangling County, Xuzhou, were still in the hands of Yuan Shu, and were guarded by Jiang Qin and Qiao Rui, respectively. Although Dongcheng and Tangyi and other places were in danger of being attacked by the Qinghuai army in the next step, Jiang Qin and Qiao Rui seemed to be fearless, holding a posture of living and dying with the city, which made Guan Ping have a headache.

Guan Ping didn't care about killing Jiang Qin and Qiao Rui, but he had to consider the safety of the people of Xuzhou in the two cities, so he didn't do it yet, and wanted to find a good way to get the best of both worlds.

Zhang Liao was originally quite comfortable staying in Xuzhou, but since he learned that his eldest nephew Zhao Zhenbang, who was unconscious, came to Xuzhou with a group of little children, he was a little big-headed. Later, Zhao Zhenbang was even more bold to take Dian Man and a dozen other men into Shouchun, and Zhang Liao didn't dare to be careless anymore. In order to ensure the absolute safety of the children in Shouchun City, Zhang Liao tried to make some moves from time to time to make Yuan Shu nervous from time to time, so that everyone in Yangzhou could focus their attention on the east side instead of Shouchun City.

A few days ago, Zhao Zhenbang sent someone top-secret news about Yuan Shu's intention to be king, and Zhang Liao felt that this matter was too important at that time, so he used extremely rapid means to quickly report to the direction of Crouching Tiger City, waiting for Zhao Xing's clear instructions. After all, if the Xuzhou Army and Yuan Shu went to war, it would cause drastic changes in the situation in the entire Central Plains, which was a decision that affected the whole body, and Zhang Liao himself did not dare to take it lightly.