Inside the city of Liyang.

"Yan Liang is my general! Follow me since I started the army, ten years!! What a pain! ”

Yuan Shao cried bitterly, and the crowd was moved.

There was silence among the three armies.

Cao Cao deliberately put Yan Liang's head in a gift box and sent it to Liyang, so Wen Chou chou cried all night, and almost rushed out to lead the soldiers to run at night, but was stopped by Zhang He and Gao Ran.

As soon as this thing appeared, it was almost instantaneous enough to shake the entire Liyang, all the soldiers were shaken in an instant, and several people sat down directly on the ground, saying nonsense in their mouths, I don't believe that the general died like this, and none of the cavalry guards around him came back.

The crying tone is up again, Yuan Shao's voice is originally loud, and his bearing is very majestic, how touching this scene is, within a stick of incense, all the soldiers and horses in Liyang have cried and mourned, all of them are holding swords and spears in their hands, waiting for the military order to be issued at any time, and go to share the victory and defeat with Cao Jun.

They lost more than 20,000 people, how can Cao's side be better, Xiahoudun lost the white horse during the surprise attack on the first day, and later recaptured, and Han Hao's Guandu ferry, also has a lot of merits, Yanjin is now flooded, and there is nothing to do for the time being, although the three ferries are lost, but they are also exchanged for tens of thousands of lives by the Cao army.

Of course, they also understood that Cao's army was not invincible, and if it was to win, it would have to pay a lot of price.

It was for this cry that he knew that he had to come, and he had to cry bitterly when the army's morale completely collapsed, otherwise it would cause irreparable consequences.

However, even if the morale of the army is restored, it is impossible to do anything now, and it is impossible for the army to send troops in winter, so it can be said that Baima, Guandu, and Yanjin have all been lost, and it is too dangerous to march in the future.

Yuan Shao returned to the city gate tower in Liyang, washed his face and ate something, and even squinted for a moment to recover his mood at the moment, after all, the cry was too long, whether it was true or not, it took a lot of effort, and it was quite tiring.

When he woke up, Wen Chou had already called in front of him, and he was also not happy, his eyes were red and bloodshot, his beard had not been taken care of for a long time, and the ferocity on his face was obvious, so that Yuan Shao had just turned over and stood up, and immediately the corners of his mouth turned down and showed displeasure.

"How did Yan Liang lose?"

"Yes, it was Xu Zhen...... Ambush and kill! ”

Wen Chou didn't want to mention it again, but at this moment, he reluctantly mentioned Yan Liang's death, which made him gradually angry, but when he wanted to say some more heartfelt and generous words, Yuan Shao put a hand on his shoulder, and the anger in his heart disappeared a lot, "He died in a hurry." ”

"Yan Liang was in a hurry to enter the game, he fell into the trap, then Yanjin didn't want it, and he could take it back in the future, and it was difficult to defend Liyang and his Cao army, so he had to make a name for himself, and he wanted to touch Xu Bowen who captured Lu Bu, I didn't expect that there were so many capable people under his command, and he just died, this is a rash mistake, do you want to repeat the mistakes of the past?"

Wen Chou fell into silence, he knew that he was going out now, the weather was inconvenient to march, not to mention, Xu Zhen must also be waiting for him to lead the army to die, Yuan Shao saw this and pinched him on the shoulder, "Why don't I want to take revenge immediately, defeat Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, take Xu Du to welcome the Son of Heaven, and use the heads of Cao and Xu to pay tribute to Yan Liang, but now, it is inevitable that the army must not march, so that Cao Jun can hold on to it in the cold and freezing for a few months outside Guandu, and let Tiangong be cold and cold, wouldn't it be better?" Next year, we can naturally surround Baima and Yanjin again and regain these lost territories. ”

"Lord!"

Wen Chou lowered his head resentfully, he knew that since Yuan Shao said so, he would definitely not send troops again, this forbearance would make the heart of Sergeant Guan a lot of turmoil this year, and it would be impossible to appease him, even if he used the method of mourning soldiers, he would be afraid in his heart.

"Needless to say, everything will be known next year, of course we are defeated this time, defeat is not terrible, defeat is terrible, the loss of soldiers and horses has not moved to the flesh and bones, it is just a skin, but we can see the strange soldiers under Xu Zhen, Yan Liang found out the news for our army, and it must be used above to not live up to it, go back first."

Yuan Shao slapped him on the shoulder a few times, so that Wen Chou no longer had any intention of refutating, Xu Zhen's soldiers and horses were one hundred and twenty miles away, if he attacked, he could lead the cavalry to attack in one night, if it wasn't for the lord here, he really wanted to go.

But now that I think about it, if I really go, the result is unknown, maybe Xu Zhen will wait for him to go.

"Good, good! I'll go back next spring, and I'll be able to behead him at that time. ”

"There are many generals under his command, but there are only 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the soldiers who really crossed the river across the river, tens of thousands of people are foreign generals under his command, but there is a lord who has to consider, a general wearing a mask and armor, brave and very, I have encountered many times when fighting, and every time I meet more generals, this person fights bravely, makes good use of a cold light war saber, opens and forces infinitely, and the figure is not burly and strong, when it is a strong class, handsome and agile generals, there are rumors in the army, whether it will be Lu Bu is not dead, In fact, the person who entered Xu Zhen's command and sent Xu Du to be beheaded was not Lu Bu! ”

"Nonsense."

Yuan Shao immediately refuted when he heard this, "How can there be such rumors, if there is really such a general, it is nothing more than pretending to be a ghost, Lu Bu's death has already been seen by us, it will never be him, it can't be just a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, so as to make a fool of himself, and his whole body is just armor." ”

"That's not how it should be!" Wen Chou retorted with a serious face, "If you have the ability to carry such heavy armor, how can you be an ordinary person?" A war horse that can afford such armor and can gallop like the wind, how can it be a horse? This person is not simple, there are many generals under Xu Zhen, all of whom are already famous in the army, but I don't know who they are. ”

"For example, if there is a general with a sword and shield, the light armor advances with a shield to block the sword, like a tiger and a wolf can walk alone into the army a hundred feet away, without fear of the sergeant surrounding, the arrow is shot without changing the color; There are also silver armor and white robes, dressed like the white horses of the year, fighting like ghosts and ghosts, coming and going in the army like the wind, dazzling marksmanship, handsome and extraordinary; There is also a double halberd and the former, there is nothing to do. ”

"There is another person, under the command of 1,800 horsemen in Yangzhou Xiaoyaojin famous, but he personally crossed the river to fight the first battle, the cavalry led seems to be difficult to kill, it is rumored that the armor is invulnerable, and the riding spears and sabers are sharpened like clay."

"Nothing to do?!" Yuan Shao was still in the evaluation of the double halberd general at this time, and the simple three words made him a little dizzy, what kind of thing was this how he was beaten to say this kind of thing, this is still from Yan Liang's soldiers and horses, if he really arrived in Wei County, would he still be able to get it?

Such exaggerated boasting may be enough to affect the recruitment of troops at the beginning of next spring.

Fighting with these people, what else is there to fight, not to mention that in addition to them, there are also the clan generals of the Cao clan who have also made a name for themselves everywhere over the years, and have made countless military exploits, this Xu Bowen does have some skills, there are so many capable people under his command, and they all have substantial achievements, and the really tricky thing should be here.

When I come here to cry, I can let Yan Liang's tribe enter the Wenchou camp, so that they will not be disarmed and return to the field out of fear, but how can this fear be eliminated? Everyone in the world is afraid of Cao Mengde, and now there is another Xu Bowen.

Yuan Shao was already a little bottomless in his heart, and immediately sighed, "I knew that I should listen to Tian Feng's words, not attack or take, defend Guandu, and strengthen myself by cultivating the fields, so that the people can join the army and join the army, wait for the farmland to fatten, and the people will live in peace and fight again......."

Of course, he just regretted it like this, and he also knew in his heart that if he did this, Cao Cao would definitely not give him this opportunity, and now Xu Zhen's troubles almost put him on the fire, and he must send troops next year, otherwise the territory will be even more uneven.

And how much the chance of winning depends on the morale of the current army in the army, how much can be restored, this Xu Bowen, young but ruthless, is really not simple, "Those people from the public secretary clan in Xu Du are not shallow......"

Yuan Shao returned to Yecheng that night, it took a day, and it was nightfall, only to arrive, before he had time to eat a few bites of food, he went directly to meet Liu Bei, saying that it was a visit, but nominally some respect, Liu Bei was in the barracks dozens of miles away, heard the news that Yuan Shao came to "meet", put down everything and rushed back non-stop to wait.

After meeting in the house, Yuan Shao asked a question very sincerely, "Xu Zhen, what kind of person is he?" Who is the person, and what is the character? ”

Of course, Liu Bei was stunned when he heard these words, thinking that you came here for me, just to ask this!? Then he fell into a deeper sluggishness, because Liu Bei carefully recalled his understanding of Xu Zhen afterwards and found that he didn't seem to be able to say anything other than handsome.

Are both cultural and martial arts good? It's too general to say this, and Yuan Shao may not be able to listen to it, but if you say it in detail, you always know a lot of things, and in the end, Liu Bei was very surprised to find that he didn't understand this Xu Junhou, who had been thinking about it for a long time, in fact, he didn't understand it at all, so he could only shake his head helplessly.

"You said that you should not underestimate this person, do you not know his weaknesses?"

"Lustful? No, it shouldn't be like this," Liu Bei shook his head, "He just wants to give a home to the beautiful woman who has been displaced in troubled times, and if he is a cautious person, let the whole world know that he is lustful, it means that he is not lustful at all." ”

Yuan Shao nodded thoughtfully, but there was some truth, so Liu Bei told Yuan Shao about the things he knew at the beginning, and Xu Zhen often knew a lot of unknown news channels, and he didn't dare to hide anything when the war was imminent, of course, there were some key things, such as some things that Xu Zhen had mentioned, Liu Bei didn't say.

"Heh," Yuan Shao laughed directly when he heard it, and there was a lot more helplessness in his laughter, "Among the ministers, headed by Yang Biao, more than how many people have written letters to me, and Xu Zhen has been famous several times Xu Zhen is a wine bag and rice bag, only to covet beauty and pleasure all day long, and he can't see morning or evening when he is in charge of Jinwu, and he is proud of Cao's favor and treats the generals of the clan slowly, which is not worth mentioning." ”

"It's ...... to mistake me too deeply" Yuan Shao sighed, his expression was remorseful, if he had been on guard earlier, when Xu Zhen arrived in Xudu, he would immediately add troops and horses to fight along the way in Guandu, why not be in such a situation.

"Dare to ask, what made Ming Gong so anxious to come and ask him in detail?"

"Yan Liang was killed by him and died in Yanjin."

After Yuan Shao was silent for a moment, he still told Liu Bei the news, after all, he couldn't help it, within a few days, the officials of the whole territory should know, Liu Bei was really stunned, and he didn't know how to persuade for a while, he had heard the news, but he never believed it.

I didn't expect Yan Liang to be really killed, Yan Liang's army style Liu Bei has seen it with his own eyes, the arrogant soldiers dare not say it, there is indeed a tough style, iron-blooded soldiers, it is definitely not easy to destroy, and the army that can be defeated at will can only be said that Xu Zhen is more elite.

Unexpectedly, after not seeing each other for a few years, Xu Zhen's soldiers and horses were even more sophisticated.

Liu Bei and Yuan Shao chatted for a long time, he cherished this opportunity, after arriving in Jizhou, he has been with Xu You, and when he met with Yuan Shao, he was also introduced, many words are not easy to explain, today Yuan Shao suddenly came here to visit, it is already a rare opportunity.

Yuan Shao didn't know nothing, at least he knew one of the generals under Xu Zhen's command, whose name was Zhao Yun. It is indeed the old general of the White Horse back then, Gongsun Chan has a great favor to him, and his person is actually from Jizhou, which is quite a pity that it is not at the right time.

At night, after Yuan Shao left, Liu Bei sighed melancholy in the courtyard, and waited until the second brother and the third brother came back together, led the two to the inner courtyard, closed the door, and told them about today's events, and both of them fell into silence for a while.

After a long time, Zhang Fei glanced up at the two brothers and asked tentatively, "Brothers...... Can you tell me what chance Jizhou has of winning? It looks like I'm going to lose now......"

"Hmph," Guan Yu's face turned cold, his hand stroked his long hair, his eyes squinted slightly and looked arrogant, and he said quickly in a deep voice: "I waited for the soldiers and horses in the back, and let the generals under Yuan Shao lead the army in front, how much hard work is done by me, and they will fight for the merit and freedom, and now they will send people to the fence for Keqing, and not to mention, that Yan Liang is still so arrogant, it is a matter of time before he loses, but I didn't expect to lose in the hands of Xu Zhen, and let him become famous." ”

"What does the second brother think, what is Xu Bowen?"

Guan Yu's face was solemn, he thought deeply, and he didn't know how to evaluate it for a while, the Tiger Prison Sanying Battle Lu Bu was evenly divided, and he could capture him alone, now that Lu Bu is dead, Xu Zhen is still there, how can he say a word "But Er'er", naturally it is to be respected.

"You need to hand over to know, in addition to Xu Zhen, Cao Ying also has many famous generals, and now it seems that what really needs to be considered is Jizhou...... Will the previous text be scolded too much? ”

"Tsk, I intend to ask Yuan Shao for war, if this situation drags on any longer, it will not be beneficial to the situation, the three ferries of Guandu must be taken, let Gongyou go and invite Ziyuan to come, he must have been waiting for me for a long time."

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei glanced at each other, both nodded their heads, and Guan Yu continued: "The big thing is nothing more than fighting, you can't get it if you keep it, you can gain from it, you can benefit from it, if you don't change, you will lose it slowly, no matter what your brother does, Yun Chang will definitely follow." ”

"I'm the same."

Zhang Fei's eyes widened, his beard trembled, and he clasped his fists and saluted.

(End of chapter)